声しょう符ふ

noun

tone mark

A mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate its tone. Used in historical Chinese phonology and traditional dictionaries. Related to 声点.

See also: 声点

• 漢かん和わ辞じ典てんでは、漢かん字じの四よ隅すみに声しょう符ふが付ふされていることがある。

  In kanji dictionaries, tone marks are sometimes placed in the four corners of a character.