iteration mark

English

Noun

iteration mark (plural iteration marks)

1. (linguistics) A punctuation mark or character used as a substitute for a repeated word or character; depending on the language, it may be considered informal, or only for use in handwritten text.

Examples
々 / 〻 / 二 / 𖿣 (Chinese) (Egyptian) 〃 (“ditto”) 2 / ² (Indonesian) 々 / 〻 / ゝ / ヽ / 〱 (Japanese) ꧏ (2) (Javanese) 𘬀 (Khitan) ៗ (Khmer) ໆ (Lao) 2 / ² (Malay) ᪧ (Northern Thai) 𖿡 (Shaozhou Tuhua) ꀕ (Nuosu) 2 / ² (Tagalog) 𖿠 (Tangut) ๆ (Thai)

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: toistomerkki
• German: Wiederholungszeichen (de) n
• Polish: znak powtórzenia m