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An underline beneath a personal or place name.
Also known as: Zhuanming hao, Chinese name underline, Proper noun mark, Line under a name
The proper name mark underlines names in Chinese text, and it exists because Chinese has no capital letters — a name is otherwise indistinguishable from ordinary words. It is now largely confined to textbooks and classical editions.
Denotes a personal, place or dynastic name in Chinese text, drawn as an underline beneath the characters.
Contexts: Software
Exists because Chinese has no letter case, so a proper name has no other typographic distinction from surrounding text.
Contexts: Software
Is now largely restricted to textbooks, dictionaries and scholarly editions of classical texts rather than general prose.
Contexts: Software
Is paired with a wavy underline used for titles of works, which serves the function italics serve in Latin script.
Contexts: Software
A plain horizontal line drawn beneath a run of Chinese characters, or a wavy line for a title.