List of Japanese typographic symbols#Other special marks

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| Kanji iteration mark. For example, {{nihongo2|様様}} could be written {{nihongo2|様々}}. From {{nihongo2|仝}} (below).

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| Kanji repetition mark

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| Katakana iteration mark

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| Katakana iteration mark with a dakuten (voiced consonant)

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| Hiragana iteration mark. For example, {{nihongo2|はは}} (haha) could be written {{nihongo2|はゝ}}.

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| Hiragana iteration mark with a dakuten (voiced consonant). For example, {{nihongo2|はば}} (haba) could be written {{nihongo2|はゞ}}.

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| Ditto mark. The name originates from resemblance to two katakana no characters ({{nihongo2|ノノ}}).

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| Repetition mark used in vertical writing. It means repeat the previous two or more kana.

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| Kunojiten with a dakuten

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2157

{{nihongo3|"hook brackets"|鉤括弧|kagikakko}}

| Usual Japanese quotation marks

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2159

{{nihongo3|"double hook brackets"|二重鉤括弧|nijūkagikakko}}

| Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating titles

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216A

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{{nihongo3|"round brackets"|丸括弧|marugakko}}

{{nihongo3|"small brackets"|小括弧|shōkakko}}

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216E

| Used to insert comments into quoted text

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216E

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2170

{{nihongo3|"wave brackets"|波括弧|namikakko}}

{{nihongo3|"middle brackets"|中括弧|chūkakko}}

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{{nihongo3|"double brackets"|二重括弧|nijūkakko}}

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{{nihongo3|"hill brackets"|山括弧|yamagakko}}

{{nihongo3|"guillemets"|ギュメ|gyume}}

{{nihongo3|"hill-shaped [symbol]"|山がた|yamagata}}

| The name gyume is phonetically guillemets

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2174

{{nihongo3|"double hill brackets"|二重山括弧|nijūyamagakko}}

{{nihongo3|"double guillemets"|二重ギュメ|nijū-gyume}}

{{nihongo3|"double hill-shaped [symbol]"|二重山がた|nijūyamagata}}

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217A

{{nihongo

| Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions
Referred to as Lenticular brackets in English.

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{{nihongo3|"double consonant"|促音|sokuon}}

| rowspan="2" | Doubles the sound of the next consonant. For example, "{{nihongo2|かた}}" {{IPA|/kata/}} becomes "{{nihongo2|かった}}" {{IPA|/katta/}}, and "{{nihongo2|ショク}}" {{IPA|/shoku/}} becomes "{{nihongo2|ショック}}" {{IPA|/shokku/}}

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{{nihongo3|"bar line"|棒線|bōsen}}

| Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text.

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{{nihongo3|"voiced"|濁り|nigori}}

{{nihongo3|"dots"|点々|ten-ten}}

| Used with both hiragana and katakana to indicate a voiced sound. For example, {{nihongo

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{{nihongo3|"half-voiced"|半濁|handaku}}

{{nihongo3|"circle"|丸|maru}}

| Used with hiragana and katakana to indicate a change from a hahifuheho sound to a papipupepo sound.

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{{nihongo3|"circle", "small ball"|丸|maru}}

| Marks the end of a sentence. Japanese equivalent of full stop or period.

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| Japanese equivalent of a comma

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{{nihongo3|"middle point"|中点|nakaten}}

| Used to separate foreign words and items in lists. For example, if {{nihongo krt|"BillGates"|ビルゲイツ}} is written instead of {{nihongo krt|"Bill Gates"|ビル・ゲイツ}}, a Japanese speaker unfamiliar with the name might have difficulty working out where the boundary between the given name and surname lies. Also used in some dictionaries to separate furigana and okurigana when noting kanji readings. For example, the reading for {{lang|ja|上}} in the term {{nihongo krt|"to ascend"|上がる|a-garu}} may be given as {{lang|ja|あ・がる}}, indicating that it is read as {{nihongo krt

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| Sometimes replaces an English en dash or hyphen when writing foreign words in katakana. It is also rarely used to separate given and family names, though the middle dot (nakaguro) is much more common in these cases. See also double hyphen.

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| This character is used to write {{nihongo2|締め}} shime in {{nihongo2|締め切り／締切}} shimekiri ("deadline") (as {{nihongo2|〆切}}) and similar things. It is also used, less commonly, for other shime namely {{nihongo2|閉め}}, {{nihongo2|絞め}} and {{nihongo2|占め}}. A variant {{nihongo2|乄}} is used as well, to indicate that a letter is closed, as abbreviation of {{nihongo2|閉め}}. The character originated as a cursive form of {{nihongo2|ト}}, the top component of {{nihongo2|占}} (as in {{nihongo2|占める}} shimeru), and was then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation. See ryakuji for similar abbreviations.

This character is also commonly used in regards to sushi. In this context, it refers that the sushi is pickled, and it is still pronounced shime.{{cite web|url=https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/140639-standard-shime-saba-pickled-mackerel|title=Standard Shime Saba (Pickled Mackerel) Recipe by cookpad.japan|website=Cookpad|date=2 October 2015 }}{{cite web|url=https://wadoku.eu/?query=%E3%81%97%E3%82%81%E3%81%95%E3%81%B0|title=WaDokuJT Japanisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch|website=wadoku.eu}}{{failed verification|date=August 2016}}

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{{nihongo3|"wave"|波|nami}}

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| Used in "to from" constructions in Japanese, such as {{nihongo2|月〜金曜日}} "from Monday to Friday". In horizontal writing and on computers, the fullwidth tilde {{nihongo2|～}} (FF5E) is often used instead.

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{{nihongo3|"three-dot leader"|三点リーダ|santen leader}}

| A line of dots corresponding to one half of a Japanese ellipsis also used as an ellipsis informally

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{{nihongo3|"two-dot leader"|二点リーダ|niten leader}}

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{{nihongo3|"side dot"|脇点|wakiten}}

{{nihongo3|"sesame dot"|黒ゴマ|kurogoma}}

{{nihongo3|"white sesame dot"|白ゴマ|shirogoma}}

| Adding these dots to the sides of characters (right side in vertical writing, above in horizontal writing) emphasizes the character in question. It is the Japanese equivalent of the use of italics for emphasis in English.

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{{nihongo3|"rice symbol"|米印|komejirushi}}

| This symbol is used in notes ({{nihongo2|註}}, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk

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{{nihongo3|"asterisk"|アステリスク|asterisk}}

| This symbol is used in notes ({{nihongo2|註}}, chū)

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| This mark is used to show the start of a singer's part in a song

| 222E

| Used as a proofreader's mark indicating unavailability of a glyph, such as when a character cannot be displayed on a computer. The name comes from geta, a type of Japanese sandal.

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266B,
266C,
2669

| Often used as an emoticon in informal text to indicate a singsong tone of voice or a playful attitude

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| Two circles (marumaru) are often used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words or numbers could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

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| Used to indicate post offices on maps, and printed before postcodes. See also Japanese addressing system and Japan Post.

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{{nihongo3|"Japanese Industrial Standards", "JIS"|日本工業規格|nihon kougyou kikaku}}

| This mark on a product shows that it complies with the Japanese Industrial Standards

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