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{{Short description|East Asian typographical markings}}

{{More footnotes needed|date=April 2019}}

The emphasis mark,{{cite tech report |author=CSS Working Group |editor-last1=Etemad |editor-first1=Elika J. |editor-last2=Ishii |editor-first2=Koji |date=2022-05-05 |title=CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 |institution=World Wide Web Consortium |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/2022/CRD-css-text-decor-3-20220505/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |orig-date=1999-01-27 |version=Candidate Recommendation Draft, 5 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/ime/emphasis-mark.html|title=Emphasis Mark for Japanese in Word}} emphasis dot,{{Cite book|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/jlreq/|title=Requirements for Japanese Text Layout|last=Japanese Layout Task Force|publisher=W3C|year=2012|language=en|id=jlreq}} {{nihongo|kenten{{cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/formatting-cjk-characters.html|title=Format CJK characters|website=Adobe InDesign Learn & Support|date=24 May 2023}}|圏点{{cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/jp/indesign/using/formatting-cjk-characters.html|language=Japanese|title=CJK 文字の書式設定|website=Adobe InDesign ラーニングとサポート|date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/ja/docs/Web/CSS/text-emphasis|title=text-emphasis|website=mdn web docs|language=Japanese}}}} or {{nihongo|boten|傍点|bōten}} is a typographic mark used in some East Asian languages to indicate emphasis. The markings can take many forms, such as dots or bullets, circles, or triangles. They were more commonly used historically, but with the rise of modern technology, it is now common to use quotation marks or change the font style.

Chinese

File:Emphasis mark (vertical).png

File:Emphasis mark (horizontal).png

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  1. 事業是幹出來的，不是吹出來的。
  2. 看來，他彷佛用一千隻眼睛瞧著。

In China and Hong Kong, the emphasis mark ({{zh|s=着重号}}) is used in textbooks and teaching materials. It is centred under each character highlighted in the horizontal texts, and centred to the right of each character in the vertical texts.

Japanese

style="float:right; width: 100px;"

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ここを強調

In Japan, the emphasis mark ({{lang|ja|傍点}} {{lang|ja-Latn|bōten}} or {{lang|ja|圏点}} {{lang|ja-Latn|kenten}}) is usually a dot or a sesame dot and is centred above each character in the horizontal texts and to the right of each character in the vertical texts.

It is not unusual for kenten and ruby to concur on the same side of the main text (usually above or to the right), but this feature has not been possible with CSS.

Korean

In South Korea, the emphasis mark ({{lang|ko|드러냄표}} {{lang|ko-Latn|deureonaempyo}}) usually rules as a dot or circle centred above the characters in the horizontal texts and to the right of the characters in the vertical texts.

Examples:

  • using the CSS {{code|text-emphasis}} property:
  • : 한글의 본 이름은 훈민정음이다.
  • : 중요한 것은 왜 사느냐가 아니라 어떻게 사느냐 하는 문제이다.
  • using positioned characters: :
  • : 한글의 본 이름은 •훈•민•정•음이다.
  • : 중요한 것은 ◦왜 ◦사◦느◦냐◦가 아니라 ◦어◦떻◦게 ◦사◦느◦냐 하는 문제이다.

Vietnamese

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In Vietnam, the emphasis mark (dấu nhấn mạnh{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}) was written with various marks such as a dot, circle, or a sesame dot. It is commonly positioned to the right of the character. After Vietnam switched to the Latin alphabet, emphasis marks fell into disuse as bolding, underlining, and italics replaced the usage of emphasis marks.

  • :定𫜵科次固𱺵𡗶空
    Định làm khoa thứ có là trời không

File:Vietnamese Emphasis marks.png

Characters

Apart from any single character, the following characters are used as emphasis marks in some implementations.{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/text-emphasis|title=text-emphasis|access-date=2021-04-08|website=MDN Web Docs}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! Glyph

! Unicode codepoint

! Unicode name

! Value for the CSS {{code|text-emphasis-style}} property

! Name used in Adobe InDesign

•

| U+2022

| {{smallcaps|bullet}}

|{{code|dot}}, {{code|filled}}, {{code|filled dot}}

|small black circle

◦

|U+25E6

|{{smallcaps|white bullet}}

|{{code|open}}, {{code|open dot}}

|small white circle

●

|U+25CF

|{{smallcaps|black circle}}

| {{code|circle}}, {{code|filled circle}}

|black circle

○

|U+25CB

|{{smallcaps|white circle}}

|{{code|open circle}}

|white circle

◉

|U+25C9

|{{smallcaps|fisheye}}

|{{code|double-circle}}, {{code|filled double-circle}}

|fisheye

◎

|U+25CE

|{{smallcaps|bullseye}}

|{{code|open double-circle}}

|bullseye

▲

|U+25B2

|{{smallcaps|black up-pointing triangle}}

|{{code|filled triangle}}, {{code|triangle}}

|black triangle

△

|U+25B3

|{{smallcaps|white up-pointing triangle}}

|{{code|open triangle}}

|white triangle

﹅

|U+FE45

|{{smallcaps|sesame dot}}

|{{code|filled sesame}}, {{code|sesame}}

|black sesame

﹆

|U+FE46

|{{smallcaps|white sesame dot}}

|{{code|open sesame}}

|white sesame

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{Cite book|title=CJKV Information Processing|last=Lunde|first=Ken|publisher=O'Reilly|year=2009|isbn=978-0-596-51447-1|language=en|orig-year=1999}}
  • {{Cite book|url=http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/data/etc_view.jsp?idx=271|title=한글 맞춤법|publisher=Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism|year=1988|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221184453/http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/data/etc_view.jsp?idx=271|archive-date=2014-02-21|url-status=dead}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/dic/rule/rule01_0706.jsp|title=한글 맞춤법: VI. 드러냄표|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201204800/http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/dic/rule/rule01_0706.jsp|archive-date=2014-02-01|url-status=dead}}

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Category:East Asian typography