noun
word-order marks for reading Chinese classics
Technical term in kanbun studies. Refers to marks (such as レ点, 一二点) used to reorder Chinese text into Japanese word order.
漢文の授業で返読点の付け方を習った。
In classical Chinese class, we learned how to add word-order marks.
A specific type of 返読点 using numbers to indicate reading order.
Compound of 返読 (hendoku, 'reading in reverse order') + 点 (ten, 'mark').