Combined Hiragana Part 1

Combined Hiragana – Part 1

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てんてん and まる

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Dakuten [OR] Maru Ten-Ten

てんてん and まる• Adding a てんてん (te-n-te-n AKA

Dakuten) or まる (ma-ru) to some of the Hiragana letters gives a new pronunciation. (Dakuten, 濁点 , is more often called ten-ten in speech)

• Ten-ten comes from the Japanese word for point, Ten, 点 . Maru comes from the Japanese word for circle, maru, 丸 .



Hiragana – ga to go

ka ki ku ke koかきくけこ Now Adding a てんてん (te-n-te-n) to these ga gi gu ge goがぎぐげご



Hiragana – za to zo

sa shi su se soさしすせそ Now Adding a てんてん (te-n-te-n) to these za ji zu ze zoざじずぜぞ


Hiragana – da to do

ta chi tsu te toたちつてと Now Adding a てんてん (te-n-te-n) to these da ji zu de doだぢづでど


Hiragana – ba to bo

ha hi fu he hoはひふへほ Now Adding a てんてん (te-n-te-n) to these ba bi bu be boばびぶべぼ


Hiragana – pa to po

ha hi fu he hoはひふへほ Now Adding a まる (ma-ru) to these

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Points to ponder

• Two ji - じ and ぢ • Two zu - ず and づ• じ and ず are widely used while it does

not mean ぢ and づ are not used at all. They are used less common.

• Some of such words:• はなぢ (nose bleed), てづくり

(Homemade), こつづみ (parcel/package), etc.


Combined Hiragana Part 1

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