Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 1
てん
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
二の字點 (kyūjitai)
 二の字点 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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+‎ (genitive/attributive particle) +‎ (character; letter) +‎ (point; dot; mark), literally the mark of the character (two), from which it derives.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) のじてん [nì nó jíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟i no̞ d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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()()(てん) (ni no jiten

  1. (typography) the iteration mark , used to repeat kanji, historically mostly kanji with kun'yomi
    Hypernym: 踊り字
    Coordinate terms: 一の字点, くの字点, 同の字点