読点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	点
とう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
讀點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

読 (“reading”) +‎ 点 (“mark”), because it indicates pauses while reading

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーてん [tóꜜòtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) とーてん [tòótéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

読(とう)点(てん) • (tōten)

a comma (punctuation mark ',')
Synonym: コンマ

Coordinate term: 句点

Hypernym: 句読点
1. an ideographic comma

References

1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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