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.
Repetition marks
Main article: Iteration mark
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| 々
| 2139
| 3005
| noma (ノマ)
| kuma
kurikaeshi (繰り返し)
dō no jiten (同の字点)
Kanji repetition mark.
|
| 仝
| 2138
| 4EDD
| dō no jiten (同の字点)
|
| Kanji repetition mark.
| ヽ
| 2152
| 30FD
| katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし)
| kurikaeshi (くりかえし)
Katakana iteration mark.
|
| ヾ
| 2153
| 30FE
| katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし)
| kurikaeshi (くりかえし)
Katakana iteration mark with a dakuten.
|
| ゝ
| 2154
| 309D
| hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし)
| kurikaeshi (くりかえし)
Hiragana iteration mark. For example はは (haha) could be written はゝ.
|
| ゞ
| 2136
| 309E
| hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし)
| kurikaeshi
Hiragana iteration mark. For example はば (haba) could be written はゞ.
|
| 〃
| 2137
| 3003
|
| nonoten (ノノ点)
Ditto mark. It is called nonoten because it looks like two katakana nos)
|
| 〱
| NONE
| 3031
|
| Kana vertical repetition mark.
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| 〲
| NONE
| 3032
|
| Kana vertical repetition mark with dakuten.
|
| 〳
| 〵
NONE
| 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
NONE
| 3034 (top), 3035 (bottom)
| kunojiten (くの字点)
| This is the kunojiten mark with dakuten.
|
Brackets and quotation marks (kakko (括弧)
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| 「」
| 2156, 2157
| 300C
| 300D
kagi (鉤, "hook")
| kagikakko (鉤括弧, "hook brackets")
These are the usual Japanese quotation marks.
|
| 『』
| 2158, 2159
| 300E
| 300F
kagi (鉤)
| nijūkagikakko (二重鉤括弧, "double hook brackets")
Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating a book title.
|
| （）
| 2169, 216A
|
| pāren (パーレン)
| kakko (括弧)
marugakko (丸括弧, "round brackets")
shōkakko (しょう括弧)
The word pāren is said to be an abbreviation of the German word for parentheses, although modern German uses the word "Klammer" for this symbol.
|
| 〔〕
| 216C, 216E
| 3014
| 3015
kikkō (亀甲, "tortoise shell")
| Used to insert comments into quoted text.
|
| ［］
| 216D, 216E
|
| kakko
| kagikakko (かぎかっこ)
| ｛｝
| 216F, 2170
|
| burēsu (ブレース, "brace")
| namikakko (波括弧, "wave brackets")
nakakakko (中括弧, "middle brackets")
|
| 〈〉
| 2171, 2172
| 3008
| 3009
kakko
| yamakakko (山括弧, "hill brackets")
gyume (ギュメ)
yamagata (山がた)
The name gyume is a Japanese version of guillemets.
|
| 《》
| 2173, 2174
| 300A
| 300B
kakko
| nijūyamakakko (二重山括弧, "double hill brackets")
nijūgyume (二重ギュメ)
nijūyamagata (二重山がた)
|
| 【】
| 2179, 217A
| 3010, 3011
| kakko
| sumitsukikakko (すみつきかっこ)
Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions.
|
| 〖〗
| None
| 3016
| 3017
|
|
| 〘〙
| None
| 3018
| 3019
|
|
| 〚〛
| None
| 301A
| 301B
|
|
Phonetic marks (hatsuonkigō (発音記号)
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| っ
| 2443
| 3063
| sokuon (促音)
| Doubles the sound of the next consonant. For example, "かた"/kata/ becomes "かった"/kat:a/
|
| ー
| 213C
| 30FC
| chōon (長音)
| bōsen (棒線)
Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text. See yokogaki and tategaki.
|
| ゛
| 212B
| 309B
| dakuten (濁点)
|
nigori (濁り)
tenten
Used with hiragana or katakana to indicate a "voiced" sound. For example, this mark changes ta to da and shi to ji.
|
| ゜
| 212C
| 309C
| handakuten (半濁点)
| handaku (半濁)
Used with hiragana or katakana to indicate a change from a hahihuheho sound to a papipupepo sound.
|
Punctuation marks (kutōten 句読点)
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| 。
| 2123
| 3002
| kuten (句点, "sentence point", period)
| maru (丸, "small ball")
Marks the end of a sentence.
|
| 、
| 2122
| 3001
| tōten (読点, "reading point")
| Japanese equivalent of a comma.
|
| ・
| 2126
| 30FB
| nakaguro (中黒, "middle black")
| potsu (ぽつ)
nakaten (中点, "middle point")
Used to separate items in lists and show the beginning and end of foreign words.
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Other special marks
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| 〆
| 213A
| 3006
| shime (しめ)
| This character is used to write shime in
| shimekiri (deadline) etc.
| 〜
| 2141
| 301C
| nyoro (にょろ)
| naishi (ないし)
nami (波, "wave")
kara (から)
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 ～ (Unicode FF5E) is often substituted.
| ...
| NONE
| 2026
| tensen (点線, "dot line")
| A line of dots.
|
| ヶ
|
| 30F6
|
| A simplified version of the kanji 箇, most commonly used in indicating a period of months (example: 一ヶ月, one month) or in place names
|
|
| NONE
| NONE
| bōten (傍点, "side dot")
|
wakiten (脇点)
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
| 203B
| kome (米, "rice")
|
komejirushi (米印, "rice symbol")
This symbol is used in notes (chū, 注). See also jekai's page about komejirushi.
|
| ＊
| 2196
| FF0A
| hoshijirushi (星印, "star symbol")
|
asuterisuku (アステリスク, asterisk)
This symbol is used in notes (chū, 注). See also jekai's page about komejirushi.
|
|
| NONE
| 303D
| ioriten (庵点)
| This mark is used to show the start of a singer's part of a song. For more details, see jeKai's page on the ioriten.
|
| 〓
| 222E
| 3013
| geta kigō (ゲタ記号)
| The name is from geta, a type of Japanese shoe. It is used when a character cannot be displayed on a computer.
|
Organization-specific symbols
| Symbol
| JIS code
| Unicode
| name or names
| Usage
|
| 〒
| 2229
| 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.
|
| 〠
|
| 3020
|
| Variant postal mark with a face.
|
| 〄
| None
| 3004
| jisumāku (ジスマーク, "JIS mark")
|
nihon kougyou kikaku (日本工業規格, JIS)
This mark on a product shows that it complies with a Japanese Industrial Standard.
|
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|
| 24CD
|
| This mark on a music or print publication is used to indicate the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system. Sometimes it is printed as just an uncircled "X".
|
|
|
| 24CE
|
| This mark on a music or print publication is used to indicate the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system. 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".
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See also
Japanese writing system | Symbols | Punctuation
Symboles typographiques japonais
"Japanese typographic symbols"