This article lists Japanese typographic symbols that are not included in kana or
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...
groupings. The usages of these symbols are unique and specific.
Repetition marks
Brackets and quotation marks
Phonetic marks
Punctuation marks
Other special marks
Organization-specific symbols
See also
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Japanese map symbols
This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called in the Japanese language.
Partial list of symbols for users with visual impairment
Official symbols according to the conventions of the Geographical Survey Instit ...
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Japanese punctuation
includes various written marks (besides characters and numbers), which differ from those found in European languages, as well as some not used in formal Japanese writing but frequently found in more casual writing, such as exclamation and ques ...
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Emoji
An emoji ( ; plural emoji or emojis) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. The primary function of emoji is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conv ...
, which originated in
Japanese mobile phone culture
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