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The dakuten (Japanese: 濁点; Japanese pronunciation: [da.kɯ̥.te(ꜜ)ɴ], 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 voiced, for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing).
The handakuten (半濁点; [han.daꜜ.kɯ̥.teɴ], lit. 'semi-muddying/voicing mark'), colloquially maru (丸, "circle"), is a diacritic used with kana for morae pronounced with /h/ or /f/ to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with /p/.