English Explanatory Dictionary

geta mark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

geta mark geta marks

Etymology

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.

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