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kanji repetition mark
A symbol used in Japanese writing to repeat the preceding kanji, avoiding rewriting it. Called 同の字点 (どうのじてん).
See also: 同の字点
々 is a symbol that repeats the previous kanji.
Standard kanji repetition mark; used in compounds to repeat the preceding kanji.
Katakana spelling of the reading; not a practical written form for the repetition mark itself, but may appear in metalinguistic contexts.
Derived from a cursive form of the kanji 仝 (variant of 同 'same'), used as a repetition mark.