Japanese typographic symbols

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This page lists Japanese typographic symbols which are not included in kana or kanji.

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1 Repetition marks
2 Brackets and quotation marks (kakko (括弧)
3 Phonetic marks (hatsuonkigō (発音記号)
4 Punctuation marks (kutōten 句読点)
5 Other special marks
6 Organization-specific symbols
7 See also

[edit] Repetition marks

Main article: Iteration mark

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
々	2139	1-1-25	3005	noma (ノマ) kuma kurikaeshi (繰り返し) dō no jiten (同の字点)	Kanji repetition mark.
仝	2138	1-1-24	4EDD	dō no jiten (同の字点)	Kanji repetition mark.
ヽ	2152	1-1-19	30FD	katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし) kurikaeshi (くりかえし)	Katakana iteration mark.
ヾ	2153	1-1-20	30FE	katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし) kurikaeshi (くりかえし)	Katakana iteration mark with a dakuten.
ゝ	2154	1-1-21	309D	hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし) kurikaeshi (くりかえし)	Hiragana iteration mark. For example はは (haha) could be written はゝ.
ゞ	2136	1-1-22	309E	hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし) kurikaeshi	Hiragana iteration mark. For example はば (haba) could be written はゞ.
〃	2137	1-1-23	3003	nonoten (ノノ点)	Ditto mark. It is called nonoten because it looks like two katakana nos.
〱	NONE	NONE	3031		Kana vertical repetition mark.
〲	NONE	NONE	3032		Kana vertical repetition mark with dakuten.
〳〵	NONE	1-2-19 (top), 1-2-21 (bottom)	3033 (top), 3035 (bottom)	kunojiten (くの字点)	Repetition mark used in vertical writing. It means repeat the previous two or more kana.
〴〵	NONE	1-2-20 (top), 1-2-21 (bottom)	3034 (top), 3035 (bottom)	kunojiten (くの字点)	This is the kunojiten mark with dakuten.

[edit] Brackets and quotation marks (kakko (括弧)

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
「」	2156, 2157	1-1-54, 1-1-55	300C 300D	kagi (鉤, "hook") kagikakko (鉤括弧, "hook brackets")	These are the usual Japanese quotation marks.
『』	2158, 2159	1-1-56, 1-1-57	300E 300F	kagi (鉤) nijūkagikakko (二重鉤括弧, "double hook brackets")	Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating a book title.
（）	2169, 216A	1-1-42, 1-1-43		pāren (パーレン, "parenthesis") kakko (括弧) marugakko (丸括弧, "round brackets") shōkakko (小括弧, “small brackets”)
〔〕	216C, 216E	1-1-44, 1-1-45	3014 3015	kikkō (亀甲, "tortoise shell")	Used to insert comments into quoted text.
［］	216D, 216E	1-1-46, 1-1-47		kakko kagikakko (かぎかっこ)
｛｝	216F, 2170	1-1-48, 1-1-49		burēsu (ブレース, "brace") namikakko (波括弧, "wave brackets") nakakakko (中括弧, "middle brackets")
〈〉	2171, 2172	1-1-50, 1-1-51	3008 3009	kakko yamakakko (山括弧, "hill brackets") gyume (ギュメ, “guillemets”) yamagata (山がた “hill-shaped [symbol]”)	The name gyume is a Japanese version of guillemets.
《》	2173, 2174	1-1-52, 1-1-53	300A 300B	kakko nijūyamakakko (二重山括弧, "double hill brackets") nijūgyume (二重ギュメ, “double guillemets”) nijūyamagata (二重山がた, “double hill-shaped [symbol]”)
【】	2179, 217A	1-1-58, 1-1-59	3010, 3011	kakko sumitsukikakko (すみつきかっこ)	Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions.
〖〗	None	1-2-58, 1-2-59	3016 3017
〘〙	None	1-2-56, 1-2-57	3018 3019
〚〛	None	None	301A 301B

[edit] Phonetic marks (hatsuonkigō (発音記号)

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
っ	2443	1-4-35	3063	sokuon (促音, “double consonant”)	Doubles the sound of the next consonant. For example, "かた"/kata/ becomes "かった"/kat:a/
ー	213C	1-1-28	30FC	chōon (長音, “long sound”) bōsen (棒線, “bar line”)	Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text. See yokogaki and tategaki.
゛	212B	1-1-11	309B	dakuten (濁点, “voiced point”) nigori (濁り, “voiced”) tenten	Used with hiragana or katakana to indicate a voiced sound. For example, this mark changes ta to da and shi to ji.
゜	212C	1-1-12	309C	handakuten (半濁点, “half-voiced point”) handaku (半濁, “half-voiced”) maru (丸, “circle”)	Used with hiragana or katakana to indicate a change from a hahifuheho sound to a papipupepo sound.

[edit] Punctuation marks (kutōten 句読点)

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
。	2123	1-1-3	3002	kuten (句点, "sentence point", period) maru (丸, "small ball")	Marks the end of a sentence. Japanese equivalent of a full stop or period.
、	2122	1-1-4	3001	tōten (読点, "reading point")	Japanese equivalent of a comma.
・	2126	1-1-6	30FB	nakaguro (中黒, "middle black") potsu (ぽつ) nakaten (中点, "middle point")	Used to separate items in lists and show the beginning and end of foreign words. For example, if we wrote: "ビルゲイツ" without any nakaguro in it, a Japanese couldn't understand which part represents the name and which one represents the surname.

[edit] Other special marks

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
〆	213A	1-1-26	3006	shime (しめ)	This character is used to write shime in shimekiri (deadline) etc.
〜	2141	1-1-33	301C	nyoro (にょろ) naishi (ないし) nami (波, "wave") kara (から)	Used in "to from" constructions in Japanese, such as 月〜金曜日 "from Monday to Friday". In horizontal writing and on computers, the fullwidth tilde ～ (Unicode FF5E) is often substituted.
…	2144	1-1-36	2026	tensen (点線, "dot line") santen rīda (三点リーダ, “three-dot leader”)	A line of dots corresponding to one half of a Japanese ellipsis; also used as an ellipsis informally.
‥	2145	1-1-37	2025	tensen (点線, "dot line") niten rīda (二点リーダ, “two-dot leader”)	A few used.
ヶ	2576	1-5-86	30F6		A simplified version of the kanji 箇 (the generic counter), most commonly used in indicating a period of months (example: 一ヶ月, one month) or in place names. See small ke.
• ◦	NONE	1-3-32 1-3-31	2022 25E6	bōten (傍点, "side dot") wakiten (脇点, “side dot”)	Adding these dots to the sides of characters emphasizes the character in question. It is the Japanese equivalent of the use of italics for emphasis in English.
※	21A6	1-2-8	203B	kome (米, "rice") komejirushi (米印, "rice symbol")	This symbol is used in notes (chū, 注) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk. See also jekai's page about komejirushi.
＊	2196	1-1-86	FF0A	hoshijirushi (星印, "star symbol") asuterisuku (アステリスク, asterisk)	This symbol is used in notes (chū, 注). See also jekai's page about komejirushi.
〽	NONE	1-3-28	303D	ioriten (庵点)	This mark is used to show the start of a singer's part of a song. For more details, see jeKai's page on the ioriten.
〓	222E	1-2-14	3013	geta kigō (ゲタ記号, “geta symbol”)	The name is from geta, a type of Japanese shoe. A proofreader's mark indicating unavailability of a glyph, such as when a character cannot be displayed on a computer.
♪ ♫ ♬ ♩	2276	1-2-86 1-2-91 1-2-92 1-2-93	266A 266B 266C 2669	onpu (音符, “musical note”)	Used much like an emoticon in informal text to indicate a singsong tone of voice or a playful attitude.

[edit] Organization-specific symbols

Symbol	JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	name or names	Usage
〒	2229	1-2-9	3012	yūbin (郵便)	Used to indicate post offices on maps, and printed before postcodes. See also Japanese addressing system and Japan Post.
〶			3036		Variant postal mark in a circle.
〠		1-6-70	3020		Variant postal mark with a face.
〄	None	None	3004	jisumāku (ジスマーク, "JIS mark") nihon kougyou kikaku (日本工業規格, JIS)	This mark on a product shows that it complies with a Japanese Industrial Standard.
Ⓧ			24CD		This mark on a music or print publication is used to indicate the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system.^{[citation needed]} Sometimes it is printed as just an uncircled "X".
Ⓨ			24CE		This mark on a music or print publication is used to indicate the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system.^{[citation needed]} It is typically the item's release date for music, or the publication date for print matter. On music releases, this mark may be absent, and the years 1984–1990 may be indicated by the letters "N", "I", "H", "O", "R", "E", and "C". Sometimes it is printed as just an uncircled "Y".