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This article lists Japanese typographic symbols that are not included in kana or kanji groupings. The usages of these symbols are unique and specific.
Repetition marks[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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々 | 2139 | 1-1-25 | 3005 |
noma (ノマ) |
Kanji iteration mark. For example, 様様 could be written 様々. From 仝 (below). |
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) |
Katakana iteration mark |
ヾ | 2153 | 1-1-20 | 30FE | Katakana iteration mark with a dakuten (voiced consonant) | |
ゝ | 2154 | 1-1-21 | 309D |
hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし) |
Hiragana iteration mark. For example, はは (haha) could be written はゝ. |
ゞ | 2136 | 1-1-22 | 309E | Hiragana iteration mark with a dakuten (voiced consonant). For example, はば (haba) could be written はゞ. | |
〃 | 2137 | 1-1-23 | 3003 |
nonoten (ノノ点) |
Ditto mark. The name originates from resemblance to two katakana no characters (ノノ). |
〱 | 3031 | Kana vertical repetition mark | |||
〲 | 3032 | Kana vertical repetition mark with a dakuten | |||
〳 〵 |
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. | |
〴 〵 |
1-2-20 (top), 1-2-21 (bottom) |
3034 (top), 3035 (bottom) |
Kunojiten with a dakuten |
Brackets and quotation marks[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
「」 | 2156, 2157 |
1-1-54, 1-1-55 |
300C, 300D |
kagi (鉤, «hook») (not to be confused with kagi (鍵, «key»)) |
Usual Japanese quotation marks |
『』 | 2158, 2159 |
1-1-56, 1-1-57 |
300E, 300F |
kagi (鉤) |
Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating titles |
() | 2169, 216A |
1-1-42, 1-1-43 |
FF08, FF09 |
pāren (パーレン, «parentheses») |
|
〔〕 | 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 |
FF3B, FF3D |
kakko (括弧) |
|
{} | 216F, 2170 |
1-1-48, 1-1-49 |
FF5B, FF5D |
brace (ブレース, «brace») |
|
⦅⦆ | FF5E, FF60 |
nijūpāren (二重パーレン, «double parentheses») |
|||
〈〉 | 2171, 2172 |
1-1-50, 1-1-51 |
3008, 3009 |
kakko (括弧) |
The name gyume is phonetically guillemets |
《》 | 2173, 2174 |
1-1-52, 1-1-53 |
300A, 300B |
kakko (括弧) |
|
【】 | 2179, 217A |
1-1-58, 1-1-59 |
3010, 3011 |
kakko (括弧) |
Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions Referred to as Lenticular brackets in English. |
〖〗 | 1-2-58, 1-2-59 |
3016, 3017 |
|||
〘〙 | 1-2-56, 1-2-57 |
3018, 3019 |
|||
〚〛 | 301A, 301B |
Phonetic marks[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | 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» /katta/, and «ショク» /shoku/ becomes «ショック» /shokku/ |
ッ | 1-5-35 | 30C4 | |||
ー | 213C | 1-1-28 | 30FC |
chōonpu (長音符, «long sound symbol») |
Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text. |
゛ | 212B | 1-1-11 | 309B (standalone), 3099 (combining) |
dakuten (濁点, «voiced point») |
Used with both hiragana and katakana to indicate a voiced sound. For example, ta (た) becomes da (だ), shi (し) becomes ji (じ). |
゜ | 212C | 1-1-12 | 309C (standalone), 309A (combining) |
handakuten (半濁点, «half-voice point») |
Used with hiragana and katakana to indicate a change from a hahifuheho sound to a papipupepo sound. |
Punctuation marks[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
。 | 2123 | 1-1-3 | 3002 |
kuten (句点, «sentence point», «period») |
Marks the end of a sentence. Japanese equivalent of 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») |
Used to separate foreign words and items in lists. For example, if «ビルゲイツ» ‘BillGates’ is written instead of «ビル・ゲイツ» ‘Bill Gates’, a Japanese person unfamiliar with the names might have difficulty understanding which part represents the given name and which one represents the surname. This symbol is known as an interpunct in English. |
゠ = |
30A0, FF1D |
daburu haifun (ダブルハイフン, «double hyphen») |
Sometimes replaces an English en dash or hyphen when writing foreign words in katakana. It is also rarely used to separate given and family names, though the middle dot (nakaguro) is much more common in these cases. See also double hyphen. |
Other special marks[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
〆 | 213A | 1-1-26 | 3006 |
shime (しめ) |
This character is used to write 締め shime in 締め切り/締切 shimekiri («deadline») (as 〆切) and similar things. It is also used, less commonly, for other shime namely 閉め, 絞め and 占め. A variant 乄 is used as well, to indicate that a letter is closed, as abbreviation of 閉め. The character originated as a cursive form of ト, the top component of 占 (as in 占める shimeru), and was then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation. See ryakuji for similar abbreviations.
This character is also commonly used in regards to sushi. In this context, it refers that the sushi is pickled, and it is still pronounced shime.[1][2][failed verification] |
〜 | 2141 | 1-1-33 | 301C |
nyoro (にょろ) |
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 ~ (FF5E) is often used instead. |
… | 2144 | 1-1-36 | 2026 |
tensen (点線, «dot line») |
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») |
Rarely used[clarification needed] |
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, for example, 一ヶ月 «one month», or in place names. See small ke. | |
• ◦ ﹅ ﹆ |
1-3-32, 1-3-31 — — |
2022, 25E6, FE45, FE46 |
bōten (傍点, «side dot») |
Adding these dots to the sides of characters (right side in vertical writing, above in horizontal writing) emphasizes the character in question. It is the Japanese equivalent of the use of italics for emphasis in English. | |
※ | 2228 | 1-2-8 | 203B |
kome (米, «rice») |
This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk |
* | 2196 | 1-1-86 | FF0A |
hoshijirushi (星印, «star symbol») |
This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) |
〽 | 1-3-28 | 303D |
ioriten (庵点) |
This mark is used to show the start of a singer’s part in a song | |
〓 | 222E | 1-2-14 | 3013 |
geta kigō (ゲタ記号, «geta symbol») |
Used as a proofreader’s mark indicating unavailability of a glyph, such as when a character cannot be displayed on a computer. The name comes from geta, a type of Japanese sandal. |
♪ ♫ ♬ ♩ |
2276 | 1-2-86, 1-2-91, 1-2-92, 1-2-93 |
266A, 266B, 266C, 2669 |
onpu (音符, «musical note») |
Often used as an emoticon in informal text to indicate a singsong tone of voice or a playful attitude |
〇 | 3007 |
marumaru (まるまる, «circle circle») |
Two of them (〇〇) used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words or numbers could be used in that position, or because of censorship) |
Organization-specific symbols[edit]
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | 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 | ||
〄 | 3004 |
(jis mark (ジスマーク, «JIS mark») |
This mark on a product shows that it complies with the Japanese Industrial Standards | ||
Ⓧ | 24CD | This mark is used by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) on music publications to indicate that rental is prohibited.[3] Depending on the format (single or album), and whether the content is of Japanese or foreign origin, the rental ban can last from three days up to one year after the release date, at the record company’s discretion.[4] Sometimes it is printed as just an uncircled «X», optionally followed by a swung dash («~») and what may be the last date of the prohibition period. However, if the circled X only appears next to a release date (as indicated by «Y» or «L», see below), then it is unclear whether the release date is also the rental ban expiration date or if a standard prohibition period is in effect. | |||
Ⓛ | 24C1 | This mark is used by the RIAJ on music publications to indicate that the content is of Japanese origin.[3] It normally accompanies the release date,[3] which may include a letter «N» «I» «H» «O» «R» «E» or «C» to represent a year from 1984 through 1990, such as «H·2·21» to represent 21 February 1986.[citation needed] | |||
Ⓨ | 24CE | This mark is used by the RIAJ on music publications to indicate that the content is of foreign origin.[3] It normally accompanies the release date,[3] which may include a letter «N» «I» «H» «O» «R» «E» or «C» to represent a year from 1984 through 1990,[citation needed] and may include a second date in parentheses, representing the first release date of the content globally.[3] |
See also[edit]
- Japanese map symbols
- Japanese punctuation
- Emoji, which originated in Japanese mobile phone culture
References[edit]
Japanese Symbols Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ «Standard Shime Saba (Pickled Mackerel) Recipe by cookpad.japan». Cookpad.
- ^ «WaDokuJT Japanisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch». wadoku.eu.
- ^ a b c d e f «RIS 204 — オーディオCDの表示事項及び表示方法» (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-02-06. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ «CDレンタル». 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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100 of the Most Common Kanji Characters
With three different ways of writing, the Japanese language may seem intimidating to new students. It’s true that memorizing the most common kanji symbols and other scripts takes time and practice. But once you’ve mastered them, you’ll discover a means of written communication unlike anything you’ll see in the English language.
There are three writing systems in Japanese, two phonetic and one symbolic, and all three are used in tandem.
Kanji Symbols
Kanji is symbolic, or logographic. It is the most common means of written communication in the Japanese language, with more than 50,000 different symbols by some estimates. However, most Japanese can get by with using about 2,000 different kanji in everyday communication. A single kanji character can have multiple meanings, depending on how it is pronounced and the context in which it is used.
Hiragana and Katakana
Hiragana and katakana are both phonetic (or syllabic). There are 46 basic characters in each. Hiragana is used primarily to spell words that have Japanese roots or grammatical elements. Katakana is used to spell foreign and technical words («computer» is one example), or used for emphasis.
Romanji
Western characters and words, sometimes called romanji, are also common in modern Japanese. Typically, these are reserved for words derived from Western languages, especially English. The word «T-shirt» in Japanese, for example, consists of a T and several katakana characters. Japanese advertising and media frequently use English words for stylistic emphasis.
For everyday purposes, most writing contains kanji characters because it’s the most efficient, expressive means of communication. Complete sentences written only in hiragana and katakana would be extremely long and resemble a jumble of letters, not a full thought. But used in conjunction with kanji, the Japanese language becomes full of nuance.
Kanji has its historical roots in Chinese writing. The word itself means «Chinese (or Han) characters.» Early forms were first used in Japan as early as A.D. 800 and evolved slowly into the modern era, along with hiragana and katakana. Following Japan’s defeat in World War II, the government adopted a series of rules designed to simplify the most common kanji characters to make them easier to learn.
Elementary school students have to learn about 1,000 characters. That number doubles by high school. Beginning in the late 1900s, Japanese education officials have added more and more kanji to the curriculum. Because the language has such deep historical roots, literally thousands more kanji have evolved over time and are still in use.
Here are 100 of the most frequently used kanji in Japanese newspapers. Newspapers give a great representation of the best and most useful kanji to learn because you are more likely to come across these characters in day-to-day use.
日 | sun |
一 | one |
大 | big |
年 | year |
中 | middle |
会 | to meet |
人 | human being, people |
本 | book |
月 | moon, month |
長 | long |
国 | country |
出 | to go out |
上 | up, top |
十 | 10 |
生 | life |
子 | child |
分 | minute |
東 | east |
三 | three |
行 | to go |
同 | same |
今 | now |
高 | high, expensive |
金 | money, gold |
時 | time |
手 | hand |
見 | to see, to look |
市 | city |
力 | power |
米 | rice |
自 | oneself |
前 | before |
円 | yen (Japanese currency) |
合 | to combine |
立 | to stand |
内 | inside |
二 | two |
事 | affair, matter |
社 | company, society |
者 | person |
地 | ground, place |
京 | capital |
間 | interval, between |
田 | rice field |
体 | body |
学 | to study |
下 | down, under |
目 | eye |
五 | five |
後 | after |
新 | new |
明 | bright, clear |
方 | direction |
部 | section |
.女 | woman |
八 | eight |
心 | heart |
四 | four |
民 | people, nation |
対 | opposite |
主 | main, master |
正 | right, correct |
代 | to substitute, generation |
言 | to say |
九 | nine |
小 | small |
思 | to think |
七 | seven |
山 | mountain |
実 | real |
入 | to enter |
回 | to turn around, time |
場 | place |
野 | field |
開 | to open |
万 | 10,000 |
全 | whole |
定 | to fix |
家 | house |
北 | north |
六 | six |
問 | question |
話 | to speak |
文 | letter, writings |
動 | to move |
度 | degree, time |
県 | prefecture |
水 | water |
安 | inexpensive, peaceful |
氏 | courtesy name (Mr., Mrs.) |
和 | harmonious, peace |
政 | government, politics |
保 | to maintain, to keep |
表 | to express, surface |
道 | way |
相 | phase, mutual |
意 | mind, meaning |
発 | to start, to emit |
不 | not, un-, in- |
党 | political party |
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How does Japanese Character Symbols work?
The short answer is Unicode.
Here is the brief explanation that how does Japanese Character Symbols Text work. As your typing keyboard is hiding characters from you. Your keyboard has only about 100 characters on it because it can’t fit any more. There are actually tens of thousands of characters! No joke, there were 128 characters. But then Unicode introduces and that supports an unlimited number of characters. Each year the Unicode standard grows to incorporate more characters — and emojis! That’s right, emojis are actually textual characters! This is a perfect online website to have a keyboard that had keys which were for emojis. There are a bunch more characters than the ones on your keyboard. Generate bold/italic/fancy text that can be copy-pasted away from this site and into another one.
Well, amongst these tens-of-thousands of other characters are actually whole character sets. This looks like the alphabet on your keyboard. Some of these character sets are for mathematicians, linguists, and other academics. They wanted to be able to express their equations and formulae in their documents. Some character sets are country-specific that required them to communicate. For example, full-width Latin characters to supplement the full-width Japanese characters. So that’s how we ended up with all these funky text fonts. Of course, many of the above fonts aren’t proper character sets. We have collected together into a set that sort of resembles an alphabet.
Are Japanese Character Symbols actually «font»?
It is not a «font» a «Typeface». It is regular characters like the ones you’re reading right now. The font transforms the style of the characters. But it doesn’t change the actual characters at all. This is the reason that you can’t copy and paste the text you’re reading right now into a social media website. and expect the font to be «transferred» along with the characters. But, if you copy 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 then it will actually copy the «style» that those characters appear to have. It is already explained, those fancy characters are actually separate characters. Rather than being the same characters with a particular «style» applied. The characters «e» and «𝖊» are as different as «S» and «5». They may appear similar, but they’re completely different characters.
Who can use Japanese Character Symbols tool?
Nowadays, teens, millennials and in fact even people belonging to the older age group wish to write crazy text generator and comments using unique, cool and fancy text generator. They feel that this uniqueness would help them stand out and it would also help their captions look different. They can use this fancy word generator for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.
Where can I use Japanese Character Symbols?
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ぁ | хирагана буква А | |
あ | хирагана буква А | |
ぃ | хирагана буква I (маленькая) | |
い | хирагана письмо я | |
ぅ | буква хирагана маленькая U | |
う | хирагана буква U | |
ぇ | буква хирагана маленькая E | |
え | хирагана буква Е | |
ぉ | буква хирагана маленькая O | |
お | хирагана буква о | |
か | хирагана буква ка | |
が | хирагана буква GA | |
き | хирагана буква ки | |
ぎ | хирагана буква Г.И. | |
く | хирагана буква KU | |
ぐ | хирагана буква ГУ | |
け | хирагана буква ке | |
げ | хирагана буква GE | |
こ | хирагана буква нокаут | |
ご | хирагана буква GO | |
さ | буква хирагана С.А. | |
ざ | хирагана буква а | |
し | хирагана буква СИ | |
じ | хирагана буква ZI | |
す | хирагана буква SU | |
ず | хирагана буква ZU | |
せ | хирагана буква SE | |
ぜ | хирагана буква ZE | |
そ | хирагана буква СО | |
ぞ | хирагана буква зо | |
た | хирагана буква ТА | |
だ | хирагана буква DA | |
ち | хирагана буква TI | |
ぢ | хирагана буква Д.И. | |
っ | хирагана буква маленькая «ту» | |
つ | хирагана буква ту | |
づ | хирагана буква DU | |
て | хирагана буква TE | |
で | хирагана буква DE | |
と | хирагана письмо в | |
ど | хирагана буква DO | |
な | хирагана буква NA | |
に | хирагана буква NI | |
ぬ | хирагана буква ню | |
ね | хирагана буква NE | |
の | хирагана буква НЕТ | |
は | хирагана буква ха | |
ば | хирагана буква ба | |
ぱ | хирагана буква па | |
ひ | хирагана буква HI | |
び | хирагана буква БИ | |
ぴ | хирагана буква пи | |
ふ | хирагана буква ху | |
ぶ | хирагана буква бу | |
ぷ | хирагана буква пу | |
へ | хирагана буква ОН | |
べ | хирагана буква бе | |
ぺ | хирагана буква PE | |
ほ | хирагана буква хо | |
ぼ | буква хирагана БО | |
ぽ | хирагана буква ПО | |
ま | хирагана буква М.А. | |
み | хирагана буква ми | |
む | хирагана буква MU | |
め | хирагана письмо мне | |
も | хирагана буква МО | |
ゃ | хирагана буква маленькая я | |
や | хирагана буква я | |
ゅ | хирагана буква маленькая «ю» | |
ゆ | хирагана буква «ю» | |
ょ | хирагана буква маленькое «Ё» | |
よ | хирагана буква ю | |
ら | хирагана буква ра | |
り | хирагана буква RI | |
る | хирагана буква RU | |
れ | хирагана буква RE | |
ろ | хирагана буква RO | |
ゎ | буква хирагана маленькая «WA» | |
わ | хирагана буква WA | |
ゐ | хирагана буква WI | |
ゑ | хирагана письмо МЫ | |
を | хираганское письмо WO | |
ん | хирагана буква N | |
ゔ | хирагана буква VU | |
ゕ | хирагана буква маленькая ка | |
ゖ | хирагана буква маленькая ке | |
゛ | катакана-хирагана озвученная звуковая отметка | |
゜ | катакана-хирагана полуголосый звуковой знак | |
ゝ | итерационная отметка хирагана | |
ゞ | хирагана озвучила итерацию | |
ァ | катакана буква маленькая «А» | |
ア | катакана буква А | |
ィ | катакана буква маленькое «я» | |
イ | катакана буква я | |
ゥ | катакана буква маленькая «U» | |
ウ | катакана буква U | |
ェ | катакана буква маленькая «Е» | |
エ | катакана буква Е | |
ォ | катакана буква маленькая «О» | |
オ | катакана буква О | |
カ | катакана буква KA | |
ガ | катакана буква GA | |
キ | катакана буква KI | |
ギ | катакана буква Г.И. | |
ク | катакана буква KU | |
グ | катакана буква ГУ | |
ケ | катакана буква KE | |
ゲ | катакана буква GE | |
コ | катакана буква нокаут | |
ゴ | катакана буква GO | |
サ | катакана буква С.А. | |
ザ | катакана буква ZA | |
シ | катакана буква СИ | |
ジ | катакана буква ZI | |
ス | катакана буква SU | |
ズ | катакана буква ZU | |
セ | катакана буква SE | |
ゼ | катакана буква ZE | |
ソ | катакана буква ТА | |
ゾ | катакана буква ZO | |
タ | катакана буква ТА | |
ダ | катакана буква DA | |
チ | катакана буква TI | |
ヂ | катакана буква Д.И. | |
ッ | катакана буква маленькая «ТУ» | |
ツ | катакана буква ту | |
ヅ | катакана буква DU | |
テ | катакана буква TE | |
デ | катакана буква DE | |
ト | катакана письмо к | |
ド | катакана буква DO | |
ナ | катакана буква Н.А. | |
ニ | катакана буква NI | |
ヌ | катакана буква НУ | |
ネ | катакана буква NE | |
ノ | катакана буква НЕТ | |
ハ | катакана буква ХА | |
バ | катакана буква БА | |
パ | катакана буква ПА | |
ヒ | катакана буква HI | |
ビ | катакана буква БИ | |
ピ | катакана буква пи | |
フ | катакана буква HU | |
ブ | катакана буква БУ | |
プ | катакана буква ПУ | |
ヘ | катакана буква ОН | |
ベ | катакана буква BE | |
ペ | катакана буква PE | |
ホ | катакана буква HO | |
ボ | катакана буква БО | |
ポ | катакана буква ПО | |
マ | катакана буква М.А. | |
ミ | катакана буква М.И. | |
リ | катакана буква RI | |
ル | катакана буква RU | |
レ | катакана буква RE | |
ロ | катакана буква РО | |
ヮ | катакана буква маленькая «WA» | |
ワ | катакана буква WA | |
ヰ | катакана буква WI | |
ヱ | катакана письмо МЫ | |
ヲ | катакана буква WO | |
ン | катакана буква N | |
ヴ | катакана буква ВУ | |
ヵ | катакана буква маленькая «ка» | |
ヶ | катакана буква маленькая «KE» | |
ヷ | катакана буква ва | |
ヸ | катакана буква VI | |
ヹ | катакана буква VE | |
ヺ | катакана буква В.О. | |
・ | средняя точка катакана | |
ー | катакана-хирагана длительная звуковая отметка | |
ヽ | итерационный знак катакана | |
ヾ | катакана озвученная итерационная отметка | |
ヿ | катакана диграф кото | |
㍐ | юань (китайская валюта) | |
㍿ | корпорация |
This page lists Japanese typographic symbols which are not included in kana or kanji.
The links in the Unicode column lead to the Unihan database.
Contents
- 1 Repetition marks
- 2 Brackets and quotation marks
- 3 Phonetic marks
- 4 Punctuation marks
- 5 Other special marks
- 6 Organization-specific symbols
- 7 See also
Repetition marks
Main article: Iteration mark
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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々 | 2139 | 1-1-25 | U+3005 |
noma (ノマ?) |
Kanji repetition mark. For example 様様 could be written 様々. |
仝 | 2138 | 1-1-24 | U+4EDD |
dō no jiten (同の字点?) |
Kanji repetition mark |
ヽ | 2152 | 1-1-19 | U+30FD |
katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし?) |
Katakana iteration mark |
ヾ | 2153 | 1-1-20 | U+30FE | Katakana iteration mark with a dakuten | |
ゝ | 2154 | 1-1-21 | U+309D |
hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし?) |
Hiragana iteration mark. For example はは (haha) could be written はゝ. |
ゞ | 2136 | 1-1-22 | U+309E | Hiragana iteration mark with a dakuten | |
〃 | 2137 | 1-1-23 | U+3003 |
nonoten (ノノ点?) |
Ditto mark. The name originates from resemblance to two katakana no characters (ノノ). |
〱 | U+3031 | Kana vertical repetition mark | |||
〲 | U+3032 | Kana vertical repetition mark with a dakuten | |||
〳 〵 |
1-2-19 (top), 1-2-21 (bottom) |
U+3033 (top), U+3035 (bottom) |
kunojiten (くの字点?) | Repetition mark used in vertical writing. It means repeat the previous two or more kana. | |
〴 〵 |
1-2-20 (top), 1-2-21 (bottom) |
U+3034 (top), U+3035 (bottom) |
Kunojiten with a dakuten |
Brackets and quotation marks
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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「」 | 2156, 2157 |
1-1-54, 1-1-55 |
U+300C, U+300D |
kagi (鉤?, «hook») |
Usual Japanese quotation marks |
『』 | 2158, 2159 |
1-1-56, 1-1-57 |
U+300E, U+300F |
kagi (鉤?) |
Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating a book title |
() | 2169, 216A |
1-1-42, 1-1-43 |
U+FF08, U+FF09 |
pāren (パーレン?, «parenthesis») |
|
〔〕 | 216C, 216E |
1-1-44, 1-1-45 |
U+3014, U+3015 |
kikkō (亀甲?, «tortoise shell») |
Used to insert comments into quoted text |
[] | 216D, 216E |
1-1-46, 1-1-47 |
U+FF3B, U+FF3D |
kakko (括弧?) |
|
{} | 216F, 2170 |
1-1-48, 1-1-49 |
U+FF5B, U+FF5D |
burēsu (ブレース?, «brace») |
|
〈〉 | 2171, 2172 |
1-1-50, 1-1-51 |
U+3008, U+3009 |
kakko (括弧?) |
The name gyume comes from the guillemets |
《》 | 2173, 2174 |
1-1-52, 1-1-53 |
U+300A, U+300B |
kakko (括弧?) |
|
【】 | 2179, 217A |
1-1-58, 1-1-59 |
U+3010, U+3011 |
kakko (括弧?) |
Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions |
〖〗 | 1-2-58, 1-2-59 |
U+3016, U+3017 |
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〘〙 | 1-2-56, 1-2-57 |
U+3018, U+3019 |
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〚〛 | U+301A, U+301B |
Phonetic marks
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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っ | 2443 | 1-4-35 | U+3063 |
sokuon (促音?, «double consonant») |
Doubles the sound of the next consonant. For example, «かた» /kata/ becomes «かった» /katːa/. |
ッ | 1-5-35 | U+30C4 | |||
ー | 213C | 1-1-28 | U+30FC |
chōonpu (長音符?, «long sound symbol») |
Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text. |
゛ | 212B | 1-1-11 | U+309B |
dakuten (濁点?, «voiced point») |
Used with both hiragana and katakana to indicate a voiced sound. For example, ta (た?) becomes da (だ?), shi (し?) becomes ji (じ?). |
゜ | 212C | 1-1-12 | U+309C |
handakuten (半濁点?, «half-voice point») |
Used with hiragana and katakana to indicate a change from a hahifuheho sound to a papipupepo sound. |
Punctuation marks
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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。 | 2123 | 1-1-3 | U+3002 |
kuten (句点?, «sentence point», «period») |
Marks the end of a sentence. Japanese equivalent of full stop or period. |
、 | 2122 | 1-1-4 | U+3001 |
tōten (読点?, «reading point») |
Japanese equivalent of a comma |
・ | 2126 | 1-1-6 | U+30FB |
nakaguro (中黒?, «middle black») |
Used to separate foreign words and items in lists. For example, if «ビルゲイツ» is written instead of «ビル・ゲイツ«, a Japanese person unfamiliar with the names might have difficulty understanding which part represents the given name and which one represents the surname. This symbol is known as an interpunct in English. |
゠ = |
U+30A0, U+FF1D |
daburu haifun (ダブルハイフン?, «double hyphen») |
Sometimes replaces an English en dash or hyphen when writing foreign words in katakana. It is also rarely used to separate given and family names, though the middle dot (nakaguro) is much more common in these cases. See also double hyphen. |
Other special marks
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
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〆 | 213A | 1-1-26 | U+3006 |
shime (しめ?) |
This character is used to write shime in shimekiri («deadline») and similar. Variant 乄 as well, to indicate that a letter is closed. |
〜 | 2141 | 1-1-33 | U+301C |
nyoro (にょろ?) |
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 ~ (U+FF5E) is often used instead. |
… | 2144 | 1-1-36 | U+2026 |
tensen (点線?, «dot line») |
A line of dots corresponding to one half of a Japanese ellipsis; also used as an ellipsis informally |
‥ | 2145 | 1-1-37 | U+2025 |
tensen (点線?, «dot line») |
Rarely used |
ヶ | 2576 | 1-5-86 | U+30F6 | A simplified version of the kanji 箇 (the generic counter). Most commonly used in indicating a period of months, for example, 一ヶ月 «one month», or in place names. See small ke. | |
• ◦ |
1-3-32, 1-3-31 |
U+2022, U+25E6 |
bōten (傍点?, «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 | U+203B |
kome (米?, «rice») |
This symbol is used in notes (注, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk |
* | 2196 | 1-1-86 | U+FF0A |
hoshijirushi (星印?, «star symbol») |
This symbol is used in notes (注, chū) |
〽 | 1-3-28 | U+303D |
ioriten (庵点?) |
This mark is used to show the start of a singer’s part in a song | |
〓 | 222E | 1-2-14 | U+3013 |
geta kigō (ゲタ記号?, «geta symbol») |
Used as a proofreader’s mark indicating unavailability of a glyph, such as when a character cannot be displayed on a computer. The name comes from geta, a type of Japanese shoe. |
♪ ♫ ♬ ♩ |
2276 | 1-2-86, 1-2-91, 1-2-92, 1-2-93 |
U+266A, U+266B, U+266C, U+2669 |
onpu (音符?, «musical note») |
Often used as an emoticon in informal text to indicate a singsong tone of voice or a playful attitude |
Organization-specific symbols
JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | Name(s) | Usage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
〒 | 2229 | 1-2-9 | U+3012 |
yūbin (郵便?) |
Used to indicate post offices on maps, and printed before postcodes. See also Japanese addressing system and Japan Post. |
〶 | U+3036 | Variant postal mark in a circle | |||
〠 | 1-6-70 | U+3020 | Variant postal mark with a face | ||
〄 | U+3004 |
jisumāku (jisumāku (ジスマーク?, «JIS mark») |
This mark on a product shows that it complies with the Japanese Industrial Standards | ||
Ⓧ | U+24CD | This mark is used on music or print publications to indicate the farthest 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». | |||
Ⓨ | U+24CE | This mark is used on music or print publications to indicate the earliest date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido.[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». |
See also
- Japanese map symbols
- Japanese punctuation
- Japan postal mark