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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.

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.
〲	NONE	3032		Kana vertical repetition mark with dakuten.
〳〵	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.
〴〵	NONE	3034 (top), 3035 (bottom)	kunojiten (くの字点)	This is the kunojiten mark with dakuten.

Symbol	JIS code	Unicode	name or names	Usage
「」	2156, 2157	300C 300D	kagi (鉤) kagikakko (鉤括弧)	These are the usual Japanese quotation marks.
『』	2158, 2159	300E 300F	kagi (鉤) nijūkagikakko (二重鉤括弧)	Japanese version of double quotes.
（）	2169, 216A		pāren (パーレン) kakko (括弧) marugakko (丸括弧) 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)	Used to insert comments into quoted text.
［］	216D, 216E		kakko kagikakko (かぎかっこ)
｛｝	216F, 2170		burēsu (ブレース) namikakko (波括弧) nakakakko (中括弧)
〈〉	2171, 2172	3008 3009	kakko yamakakko (山括弧) 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) 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

Symbol	JIS code	Unicode	name or names	Usage
っ	2443	3063	sokuon (促音)	See page.
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.

Symbol	JIS code	Unicode	name or names	Usage
。	2123	3002	kuten (句点) maru (丸)	Marks the end of a sentence.
、	2122	3001	tōten (読点)	Japanese equivalent of a comma.
・	2126	30FB	nakaguro (中黒) potsu (ぽつ) nakaten (中点)	Used to separate items in lists and show the beginning and end of foreign words.

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) 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)	A line of dots.
ヶ				A simplified version of the kanji 箇.
	NONE	NONE	bōten (傍点) 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) komejirushi (米印)	This symbol is used in notes (chū, 注). See also jekai's page about komejirushi.
＊	2196		hoshijirushi (星印) asuterisuku (アステリスク)	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.

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) nihon kougyou kikaku (日本工業規格)	This mark on a product shows that it complies with a Japanese Industrial Standard.

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