読点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	点
とう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
讀點 (kyūjitai)

 読点 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

読 (“reading”) +‎ 点 (“mark”), because it indicates pauses while reading

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーてん [tóꜜòtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) とーてん [tòótéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

読(とう)点(てん) • (tōten) 

1. a comma (punctuation mark ',')

   Synonym: コンマ

   Coordinate term: 句点

   Hypernym: 句読点

   1. an ideographic comma

References

1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN