くの字じ点てん

noun

ku-shaped iteration mark

A vertical-writing iteration mark shaped like the hiragana く, used to indicate repetition of two or more preceding characters. Also known as 踊り字 (odoriji).

See also: 踊り字

• 縦たて書がきの古こ文ぶん書しょでは、くの字じ点てんが繰くり返かえしを表あらわすのに使つかわれた。

  In old documents written vertically, the ku-shaped iteration mark was used to indicate repetition.