Where does “半濁点” come from?

半濁点 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 濁点, from Japanese 点, from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

半濁点 (Japanese): a diacritical mark, such as ゜ on ぱ, used to

Definitions

  1. a diacritical mark, such as ゜ on ぱ, used to

Ancestry of “半濁点”, step by step

半濁点 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 濁点

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese濁点a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used...
2Japanese点spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point
3Middle Chinese點mark, spot; dot, mark

via Japanese 半

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese半odd; half, semi-; Antonyms
2Middle Chinese半—

Words derived from “半濁点”

Every word from Middle Chinese 點 →Every word from Japanese 点 →Every word from Japanese 濁点 →
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