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Learn voiced sounds, p-sounds, contracted sounds, and the small っ so you can read more common everyday words.
Dakuten add voicing, turning か into が and similar pairs across the chart. Handakuten create the p-sounds on the は row. These marks matter because many everyday words depend on them.
が ぎ ぐ げ ご
ga gi gu ge go
These are voiced kana made with dakuten.
ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ
pa pi pu pe po
These are p-sounds made with handakuten.
かぎ
key
This common word shows how a dakuten changes the sound and the word.