ideographic comma

noun

A punctuation mark, ⟨、⟩, used in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other languages that use Chinese-derived ideographs, and which has a similar function to the comma in languages that use the Roman alphabet.

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Meanings

nounideographic comma (plural ideographic commas)

plural ideographic commas

  1. A punctuation mark, ⟨、⟩, used in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other languages that use Chinese-derived ideographs, and which has a similar function to the comma in languages that use the Roman alphabet.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 頓號 /顿号
  • 頓號 /顿号 (dùnhào)comma
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ideographic comma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideographic%20comma.

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