List of Japanese typographic symbols
Phonetic marks

List of Japanese typographic symbols

Section Title: Phonetic marks
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JIS X 0208	JIS X 0213	Unicode	Name(s)	Usage

っ	2443	1-4-35	3063	sokuon (促音, "double consonant")	Doubles the sound of the next consonant. For example, "かた" /kata/ becomes "かった" /katta/, and "ショク" /shoku/ becomes "ショック" /shokku/

ッ	1-5-35	30C4

ー	213C	1-1-28	30FC	chōonpu (長音符, "long sound symbol") onbiki (音引き) bōbiki (棒引き) bōsen (棒線, "bar line")	Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text.

゛	212B	1-1-11	309B (standalone), 3099 (combining)	dakuten (濁点, "voiced point") nigori (濁り, "voiced") ten-ten (点々, "dots")	Used with both hiragana and katakana to indicate a voiced sound. For example, ta (た) becomes da (だ), shi (し) becomes ji (じ).

゜	212C	1-1-12	309C (standalone), 309A (combining)	handakuten (半濁点, "half-voice point") handaku (半濁, "half-voiced") maru (丸, "circle")	Used with hiragana and katakana to indicate a change from a hahifuheho sound to a papipupepo sound.

Sentence(s)

The sokuon is a Japanese symbol.

final_sentence: The sokuon is a Japanese symbol.