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A small starred cross used in Japanese and Chinese text for a note.
Also known as: Cross with four dots, Rice mark
Four dots around a cross. It introduces a note or an aside in Japanese and Chinese typography, filling the role the asterisk plays in English, and it is not an asterisk.
A mark formed of a small cross with a dot in each quadrant, used in Japanese and Chinese text to introduce a note, a caveat or an aside.
Called kome, rice, because the shape resembles the character for a grain of it. Fills the role the asterisk plays in English text rather than the role of a footnote number.
A small upright cross with a short diagonal stroke or dot in each of the four quadrants between the arms.
Each introduces a note in its own typographic tradition.