Ten-Ten (“) and Maru (˚) (Japanese Character)

 







The small dashes (“) is called Ten-Ten. While the small circle is called Maru (˚). Not all Hiragana and Katakana characters have Ten-Ten or Maru. There are only 20 characters that have changes in pronunciation when Ten-Ten and Maru are added.

For Ten-ten:

                            K”     à     G

                      S”      à     Z

                      T”     à     D

                      H”     à     B

For Maru:

                            H ˚    à     B

Don’t get confused with the change of pronunciation with H. Just remember that if H has Ten-Ten, it will be read as B while if H has Maru, the pronunciation is B.


                                 Hiragana and Katakana Characters with Ten-Ten and Maru

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ga

()

gi

()

gu

()

ge

()

go

()

za

()

ji

()

zu

()

ze

()

zo

()

da

()

di (ji)

()

du (zu)

()

de

()

do

()

ba

()

bi

()

bu

()

be

()

bo

()

pa

()

pi

()

pu

()

pe

()

po




   













   


 Note: ji and zu are written with and .  

 Example:

  • ひらà Hiragana Characters
  • おにà Rice ball
  • いりà Entrance / Entry
  • んかん à Entrance of a house
  • にほん à Japanese language 
  •       à Gum
  • ター     à Guitar
  • サンラス à Sunglass
  • ーム     à Game
  • ルフ     à Golf



      More examples for Ten-Ten and Maru coming soon. 







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