れん
連
だく
濁

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

E.g. はな (花) + ひ (火) → はなび (花火).
  1. rendaku, sequential voicing, in Japanese, an unvoiced sound becoming voiced when it is the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
れん
連
だく
濁
 連濁 れんだく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

take along, lead, join
レン　つ.れる　つら.なる (4th, N3)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
voiced, uncleanness, wrong
にご.る　ダク　ジョク (Early Jr. High, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
green caterpillar, Szechwan
ショク　ゾク　いもむし (Kentei 1)
net, (罒 variant)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ　ボウ　あみがしら
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)