geta mark

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English

Etymology

Partial calque of Japanese ()()()(ごう) (geta kigō), alluding to the similarity between the shape of this symbol and that of a footprint from a geta shoe.

Noun

geta mark (plural geta marks)

  1. (typography) The symbol , used as a placeholder in electronic or printed text to indicate the presence of an ideographic character for which no glyph is available.