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Japanese typographic symbols

Overview

This page lists Japanese typographic symbols which are not included in kana

Kana

Kana are the syllabic Japanese scripts, as opposed to the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji and the Roman alphabet known as rōmaji...

or kanji

Kanji

Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

Unanswered Questions

I have question about one japanese symbol. can somebody help me ? because i dont know what does it mean thank you

I recently came into possession of a vase, which appears to be of Japanese creation. There is a symbol on the bottom, which I'm having trouble finding...