20 Dakuon Dakuten Hiragana Characters

Migi : Right, Hidari : Left

Daku-on or Dakuten means Hiragana Characters marked by adding the double dots (゛) at the up-side right. So, when the hiragana letters marked double dot at the up-side right, then it will change the sound. For example : は (ha) when added double dot at the up-side right : ば (ba). And subsequent letters from は (ha), ひ (hi),  ふ (hu/fu),  へ (he),  ほ (ho) became  ば (ba),  び (bi),  ぶ (bu),  べ (be),  ぼ (bo).

Remember the basic formula of 46 Basic Hiragana Letters or Sei-On : A, Ka, Sa, Ta, Na, Ha, Ma, Ya, Ra, Wa, N. So, only these Characters are tobe Dakuten or Daku-On :


1. か(ka)     2. き(ki)   3.  く(ku)    4.  け(ke)     5. こ(ko)
1. が (ga),   2. ぎ (gi),  3. ぐ (gu),  4. げ (ge),    5. ご (go)

6. さ (sa)    7.  し (shi)     8. す(su)     9. せ (se)     10. そ (so)
6. ざ (za)    7. じ (ji)        8. ず(zu)     9. ぜ (ze)    10. ぞ (zo)

11. た (ta)     12. ち (chi)     13. つ (tsu)     14. て(te)    15.  と (to)
11. だ (da)    12. ぢ (di/ji)    13. づ (zu/du) 14. で (de)   15.  ど (do)

16. は (ha)     17. ひ (hi)     18. ふ (fu)     19. へ (he)     20. ほ (ho)
16.  ば (ba)    17. び (bi)     18. ぶ (bu)    19. べ (be)     20. ぼ  (bo)

Dakuten examples in the words :

みず : mizu : water
かぜ : kaze : wind
かべ : kabe : wall

Want to know the pronounciation these 20 Dakuten? Visit translate.google.com and chose translate from Japanese then copy the Dakuten characters, paste to the translate box then use small speaker icon to listen.