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Japanese
踊り字 on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
踊り (“dancing; bouncing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of 踊る (odoru, “to dance; to bounce”)) + 字 (“character; letter”), alluding to how an iteration mark looks like a hastily written character with a "bouncy" or "jumpy" pattern
Pronunciation
Noun
踊り字 • (odoriji)
- (typography) an iteration mark
- Synonyms: 送り字, 重ね字, 繰り返し符号, 重字, 重点, 畳字, 揺すり字
- Hyponyms: 一の字点, くの字点, 同の字点, 二の字点
- (writing) chicken scratch (cramped or illegible handwriting)