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rendaku

Japanese morphophonology phenomenon in which the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word becomes voiced, e.g. 人 (hito) + 人 (hito) → 人々 (hitobito)
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rendaku

Summary

rendaku has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • rendaku is a type of consonant mutation[2].
  • rendaku's Commons category is recorded as Rendaku[3].
  • rendaku's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/rendaku[4].
  • rendaku's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '連濁'}[5].
  • rendaku's characteristic of is recorded as Japanese[6].

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Definition and Type

rendaku is a type of consonant mutation[2].

Why It Matters

rendaku has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] rendaku is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · FoeNyx · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → consonant mutation
    Topic's main category → Q62474832
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