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- instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing). The handakuten (半濁点, ****anese pronunciation: [handaꜜkɯ̥teɴ], lit. "half voicing mark")...
- ガ (ga). Secondary alteration, where possible, is shown by a circular handakuten: h→p; For example; ハ (ha) becomes パ (pa). Diacritics, though used for...
- becomes が (ga). Hiragana beginning with an h (or f) sound can also add a handakuten marker ( ゜) changing the h (f) to a p. For example, は (ha) becomes ぱ (pa)...
- a dakuten (ぶ, ブ), they both represent a "bu" sound, and written with handakuten (ぷ, プ) they both represent a "pu" sound. The katakana フ is frequently...
- handakuten is prefixed to tsu, yu, yo to produce tyu, fyu, fyo in foreign words, and voiced for dyu, vyu, vyo. The latter—yōon + dakuten + handakuten...
- can never begin a word. In the Ainu language, it can be written with a handakuten (which can be entered into a computer as either one character (ツ゚) or...
- positions and varying between [ŋo] and [ɣo] in the middle of words. A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ko in normal ****anese text, but it may be used...
- Although similar in appearance, it is not to be confused with the ****anese handakuten (U+309A ◌゚ COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK), a diacritic...
- versions of kana with a dakuten such as が (ga) or だ (da), or kana with handakuten such as ぱ (pa) or ぷ (pu), smaller kana (sutegana), such as the sokuon...
- positions and varying between [ŋa] and [ɣa] in the middle of words. A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ka in normal ****anese text, but it may be used...