くの字点

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
くの字點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

く +‎ の (genitive/attributive particle) +‎ 字 (“character; letter”) +‎ 点 (“point; dot; mark”), literally “the mark of the character く”, which they resemble.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くのじてん [kù nó jíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ no̞ d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

くの字(じ)点(てん) • (ku no jiten) 

1. (typography) either of the iteration marks 〱 and 〲, respectively used to repeat more than one 清音 (seion) and 濁音 (dakuon) in vertical text, as well as their decomposed counterparts, 〳, 〴 and 〵

   Hypernym: 踊り字

   Coordinate terms: 一の字点, くの字点, 二の字点