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The reference mark or reference symbol "※" is a
The reference mark or reference symbol "※" is a typographic
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), and ...
mark or word used in Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
, Japanese and Korean (CJK) writing.
The symbol was used historically to call attention to an important sentence or idea, such as a prologue or footnote. As an indicator of a note, the mark serves the exact same purpose as the asterisk
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc ...
in English. However, in Japanese usage, the note text is placed directly into the main text immediately after the ''komejirushi'' symbol, rather than at the bottom of the page or end of chapter as is the case in English writing.
Names
The Japanese name, ( ja, こめじるし; , , ), refers to the symbol's visual similarity to the for "rice" (). In Korean, the symbol's name, ( ko, 参考表; 참고표), simply means "reference mark". Informally, the symbol is often called (; ), as it is often used to indicate the presence of pool halls, due to its visual similarity to two crossedcue stick
A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the . Cues are tapered stick ...
s and four billiard ball
A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific game being played. Various particular ball p ...
s.
In Chinese, the symbol is called () or ( due to its visual similarity to "rice"). It is not often used in Chinese writing.
Unicode
InUnicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology Technical standard, standard for the consistent character encoding, encoding, representation, and handling of Character (computing), text expre ...
, the symbol has code point
See also
*, also called reference signal or midamble in wireless communications. *References
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