ヽ

See also: ヾ

ヽ U+30FD, ヽ KATAKANA ITERATION MARK ← ー [U+30FC] Katakana ヾ → [U+30FE]

Ainu

Letter

ヽ • (transliteration needed)

1. (Sakhalin, obsolete) A former sign used to mark a long vowel

   Aashte, アヽシテ, 立タシメル、設立サレル． ― n. To be established. To be set up.

Usage notes

In modern Ainu kana, long vowels are transcribed with this symbol: ー. Long vowels only existed in the Sakhalin dialect.

References

• An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), 1905

Japanese

Alternative forms

• ヾ — voiced

Iteration mark

ヽ 

1. (dated) An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous katakana.

   ホトヽギス ― hototogisu

Related terms

• (Japanese ligatures and scribal abbreviations) 〆(しめ) (shime), 𪜈(とも) (tomo), ゟ (yori), ヿ (koto), 𬼀(して) (shite), 〼(ます) (masu), ヶ (“graphical abbreviation for 箇”), 々 (“iteration mark”), ゝ (“iteration mark for hiragana”), ヽ (“iteration mark for katakana”) 〱 (“iteration mark for multiple kana”),