geta mark

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English

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Etymology

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Partial calque from Japanese 下(げ)駄(た)記(き)号(ごう) (geta kigō), alluding to the similarity between the shape of this symbol and that of a footprint from a geta shoe.

Noun

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geta mark (plural geta marks)

  1. (typography) The symbol 〓, used as a placeholder in electronic or printed text to indicate the presence of an ideographic character for which no glyph is available.
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