# Rules for rendaku?

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008>\
**Category:** Kanji\
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008 "2017-04-04T01:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jay](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Jay](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jay)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008/1 "2017-04-04T01:16:38Z")

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Hi. I’m at Level 5, learning 仕方 [しかた] and 仕草 [しぐさ]. I’ve made the mistake of typing しがた and しくさ - because I’m confused about when something is rendaku’d or not. Are there simple rules for this? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![valeth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/valeth/32/625496_2.png) [@valeth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/valeth)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008/2 "2017-04-04T01:20:18Z")

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Tofugu has an article dedicated to this.

> **[Rendaku: Why Hito-Bito isn't Hito-Hito](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/rendaku/)**
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> Rendaku, aka sequential voicing in Japanese, is the reason why HitoBito isn't HitoHito. Learn the rules behind it for an 80% guess rate.

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**Author:** ![Jay](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Jay](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jay)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008/3 "2017-04-04T01:33:39Z")

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Fantastic! Thanks so much!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/rules-for-rendaku/17008/4 "2018-04-04T01:41:50Z")

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