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

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The small dashes (“) is called Ten-Ten or Dakuten. While the small circle is called Maru (˚) or the Handakuten. 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

が (ガ)

ga

ぎ (ギ)

gi

ぐ (グ)

gu

げ (ゲ)

ge

ご (ゴ)

go

ざ (ザ)

za

じ (ジ)

ji

ず (ズ)

zu

ぜ (ゼ)

ze

ぞ (ゾ)

zo

だ (ダ)

da

ぢ (ヂ)

di (ji)

づ (ヅ)

du (zu)

で (デ)

de

ど (ド)

do

ば (バ)

ba

び (ビ)

bi

ぶ (ブ)

bu

べ (べ)

be

ぼ (ボ)

bo

ぱ (パ)

pa

ぴ (ピ)

pi

ぷ (プ)

pu

ぺ (ペ)

pe

ぽ (ポ)

po




   










  


Note: ji and zu are written with じ and ず.  


 Example:

  • ひらがな à Hiragana Characters
  • おにぎり à Rice ball
  • いりぐち à Entrance / Entry
  • げんかん à Entrance of a house
  • にほんご à Japanese language 
  • きっぷ à Ticket
  • ぶんぽう à Grammar

  • ガム       à Gum
  • ギター     à Guitar
  • サングラス à Sunglass
  • ゲーム     à Game
  • ゴルフ     à Golf
  • テンプラ à Tempura

      More examples for Ten-Ten and Maru coming soon. 







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