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The dakuten (Japanese: 濁点; Japanese pronunciation: [dä̀.kɯ̥̈.té̞ɴ̀, -.té̞ɴ́], lit. 'muddying/voicing mark'), colloquially ten-ten (点々, 'dots'), is a diacritic most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a mora should be pronounced as voiced — for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing).
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The extracted context around Dakuten and handakuten shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dakuten and handakuten → Another, Buddhist, Chinese, In Japanese, Initials, Japanese, Meiji-era, Middle Chinese, One, Siddhaṃ, Sino-Japanese, Unlike Another extracted example is Dakuten and handakuten → Literally, Yellow. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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dakuten handakuten japanese kana used sound katakana voiced character muddy also diacritic characters consonant writing indicate mark hiragana diacritics represent
TTTA extracted 20 structured relationships around Dakuten and handakuten. Examples in this analysis include Misuzu → instance of → Both signs are relatively rare but can occasionally be found in personal names and /m/ → instance of → Japanese consonants. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misuzu | instance of | Both signs are relatively rare but can occasionally be found in personal names | 0.80 | text |
| /m/ | instance of | Japanese consonants | 0.80 | text |
| /n/ | instance of | Japanese consonants | 0.80 | text |
| /ɾ/ | instance of | Japanese consonants | 0.80 | text |
| /j/ | instance of | Japanese consonants | 0.80 | text |
| and /w/ would be | instance of | Japanese consonants | 0.80 | text |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Chinese | 0.60 | section |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Middle Chinese | 0.60 | section |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Initials | 0.60 | section |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Unlike | 0.60 | section |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Japanese | 0.60 | section |
| Dakuten and handakuten | related to Origins | Meiji-era | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Dakuten and handakuten bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Handakuten, Sound and Kana. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Dakuten and handakuten, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dakuten and handakuten with Origins. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Dakuten and handakuten to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Origins, Phonetic shifts & Glyphs, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Dakuten and handakuten · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout