Where does “濁点” come from?

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

濁点 (Japanese): a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used...

Definitions

  1. a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used...

Ancestry of “濁点”, step by step

濁点 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 点

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese点spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point
2Middle Chinese點mark, spot; dot, mark

via Japanese 濁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese濁voicing; muddy; voiced

Words derived from “濁点”

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