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See also (kanji)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Symbol

  1. long vowel mark : marks a long vowel in katakana (when placed after a syllable)

[edit] Usage notes

This mark appears as a horizontal line in horizontal writing (横書き) and as a vertical line in vertical writing (縦書き).

In other languages