傍点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傍	点
ぼう Grade: S	てん Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
傍點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

傍 (“side”) +‎ 点 (“dot”), because emphasis dots are placed to the right side of vertical text

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんてん [kèńtéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

傍(ぼう)点(てん) • (bōten) ^{←ばうてん (bauten)?}

1. (typography) Synonym of 圏点

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.