声しょう点てん

noun

tone mark

A mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate its tone. Used in Chinese linguistics and historical Japanese kanji studies.

• 漢かん字じの四よ隅すみに付つけられた声しょう点てんは、中ちゅう国ごく語ごの声せい調ちょうを示しめす。

  The tone marks placed in the four corners of a kanji indicate the tones of Chinese.