二の字点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	字	点
に Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
二の字點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

二 +‎ の (genitive/attributive particle) +‎ 字 (“character; letter”) +‎ 点 (“point; dot; mark”), literally “the mark of the character 二 (“two”)”, from which it derives.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にのじ​てん [nì nó jíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟i no̞ d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

二(に)の字(じ)点(てん) • (ni no jiten) 

1. (typography) the iteration mark 〻, used to repeat kanji, historically mostly kanji with kun'yomi

   Hypernym: 踊り字

   Coordinate terms: 一の字点, くの字点, 同の字点