踊り字

踊り字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
踊	字
おど Grade: S	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
躍り字

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

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) おどりじ [òdóríjí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) おどり​じ [òdóríꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞do̞ɾʲiʑi]

• Homophone: 踊り地

Noun

踊(おど)り字(じ) • (odoriji) 

1. (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

2. (writing) chicken scratch