レ点てん

noun

reversal mark (in kanbun)

A mark used in kanbun (classical Chinese texts annotated for Japanese readers) to indicate that the order of two adjacent characters should be swapped when reading in Japanese word order. Also called 返り点.

See also: 返り点

• 漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうで、レ点てんの使つかい方かたを習ならった。

  In kanbun class, we learned how to use the reversal mark.

noun

check mark; tick

Commonly used in everyday contexts to mean a check mark (✓), similar to the English usage. The shape resembles the katakana レ.

• 正ただしい答こたえにレ点てんを付つけてください。

  Please put a check mark next to the correct answer.