返り点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
返	点
かえ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
返り點 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaeriteɴ]

Noun

返(かえ)り点(てん) • (kaeriten) 

1. in kambun, marks that are placed in the lower left corner of a character to indicate the reading order; types include ichiniten, kōotsuten, jōgeten, tenchiten, and reten

See also

• 漢文(かんぶん) (kanbun)
• 一二点(いちにてん) (ichiniten)
• 甲乙点(こうおつてん) (kōotsuten)
• 上下点(じょうげてん) (jōgeten)
• 天地点(てんちてん) (tenchiten)
• レ点(てん) (reten)