iteration mark

English

Noun

iteration mark (plural iteration marks)

  1. (linguistics) A punctuation mark or character used as a substitute for a repeated word or character; depending on the language, it may be considered informal, or only for use in handwritten text.
Examples
  • (Chinese) 々／〻／二／𖿣 (Chinese)
  • (Egyptian)
    zp
    Z1 Z1
    (Egyptian)
  • (English) 〃 (“ditto”)
  • (Indonesian) 2／² (Indonesian)
  • (Japanese) 々／〻／ゝ／ヽ／〱 (Japanese)
  • (Khitan) 𘬀 (Khitan)
  • (Khmer) ៗ (Khmer)
  • (Lao) ໆ (Lao)
  • (Malay) 2／² (Malay)
  • (Northern Thai) ᪧ (Northern Thai)
  • (Shaozhou Tuhua) 𖿡 (Shaozhou Tuhua)
  • (Sichuan Yi) ꀕ (Sichuan Yi)
  • (Tagalog) 2／² (Tagalog)
  • (Tangut) 𖿠 (Tangut)
  • (Thai) ๆ (Thai)
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