Kanji compound pronunciation!
I have a question and need some help please!

I am wondering if there is a rule for the pattern in kanji pronunciation that I see?

Here is the pattern...

口「くち」→ 窓口「まどぐち」

山「サン」→ 火山「かざん」

歳「サイ」→ 万歳「ばんざい」

高「たか」→ 円高「えんだか」

引き「ひき」→ 万引き「まんびき」

寺「てら」→ 山寺「やまでら」

Plus loads more

So the pronunciation of the end kanji goes from た→だ as an example.

Thank you!!!

Question

Kanji compound pronunciation!
I have a question and need some help please!

I am wondering if there is a rule for the pattern in kanji pronunciation that I see?

Here is the pattern...

口「くち」→ 窓口 「まどぐち」

山「サン」→ 火山 「かざん」

歳「サイ」→ 万歳 「ばんざい」

高「たか」→ 円高 「えんだか」

引き「ひき」→ 万引き 「まんびき」

寺「てら」→ 山寺「やまでら」

Plus loads more

So the pronunciation of the end kanji goes from た→だ as an example.

Thank you!!!

Answer

However, there are exceptions to your list:

早口　　はやくち
一口　　ひとくち
沢山　　たくさん
歳　　　there are words that break the rule, but those are less used words so I will not list them
高　　　same as above
綱引き　つなひき
寺　　　quick search didn't show any exceptions, but that was just a quick search.

and so on

But similar conversion happens for many (maybe not all, but many) kana that have "hard" and "soft" version.
For example
島　　しま　ー＞　じま

Answer

熟語になると、濁音がつくものもあると思います。ですが、完全にそうとは言い切れないので私達は、覚えてしまっています。
た→だの例は、人の名前で申し訳ないのですが、田「た」→稲田「いなだ」とかですかね。

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