iteration mark

English

Noun

iteration mark (plural iteration marks)

(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

々／〻／二／𖿣 (Chinese)
(Egyptian)
〃 (“ditto”)
2／² (Indonesian)
々／〻／ゝ／ヽ／〱 (Japanese)
ꧏ (²) (Javanese)
𘬀 (Khitan)
ៗ (Khmer)
ໆ (Lao)
2／² (Malay)
ᪧ (Northern Thai)
𖿡 (Shaozhou Tuhua)
ꀕ (Nuosu)
2／² (Tagalog)
𖿠 (Tangut)
ๆ (Thai)

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