Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーのじてん [dòó nó jíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [do̞ː no̞ d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

(どう)()(てん) (dō no jiten

  1. (typography) the iteration mark , used to repeat kanji
    Synonym: ノマ点
    Hypernym: 踊り字
    Coordinate terms: 一の字点, くの字点, 二の字点