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A mark repeating the preceding character.
Also known as: Noma, Kanji repetition mark, Iteration mark, Mark that repeats a character
The odoriji repeats the previous kanji rather than writing it twice, and the commonest form 々 is not itself a character with a reading — it is a placeholder whose sound depends entirely on what precedes it. Related marks exist for kana and for vertical text.
Denotes repetition of the preceding character in Japanese, most commonly the kanji repetition mark 々.
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Has no reading of its own: its pronunciation is whatever the repeated character's is, so it cannot be read in isolation.
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Exists in separate forms for kanji, for hiragana and katakana, and in vertical-only variants used in traditional typesetting.
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Has counterparts in Chinese and in earlier European manuscript practice, so the device is not unique to Japanese.
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A mark resembling a small ma character with a horizontal stroke and a hooked descender, placed after the character it repeats.