圏点けんてん

See also: 圈点けんてん and 圈點けんてん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
圏けん	点てん
けん Grade: S	てん Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
圈點けんてん (kyūjitai)

Examples

春はる(はる)美よし(み)ちゃんもしかしてフラメンコと勘かん(かん)違たがえ(ちが)いしてない？ Harumi-chan moshi ka shite FURAMENKO to kanchigai shite nai? Harumi-chan, are you confusing them with FLAMENCO? 本ほん(ほん)当とう(とう)にお嬢じょう(じょう)様よう(さま)は手て(て)の届とどけ(とど)かない存そん(そん)在ざい(ざい)でした Hontō ni o-jō-sama wa TE NO TODOKA NAI sonzai deshita In actuality, Miss was always somewhere I COULD NEVER REACH. 「足あし(あし)腰こし(こし)をきたえてあいつをぶん投とう(な)げてみたかったんだ」 “Ashikoshi o kitaete AITSU o bunnagete mita kattan da” “I trained my legs ‘cos I wanted to beat HIM in wrestling”

Etymology

圏けん (“circle; enclosure”) +‎ 点てん (“dot; point”), specifically an unfilled circle (◦ or ○).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんてん [kèńtéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) けんてん [kèńtéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) けんてん [kéꜜǹtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

圏けん(けん)点てん(てん) • (kenten) 

1. (obsolete, orthography) Synonym of 半はん濁点だくてん (handakuten)
   • 1905 June, 黃き山やま 片岡かたおか, “半はん濁音だくおんの符ふ [Noting Semi-Muddy Sounds]”, in 黃き山やま著作ちょさく集しゅう, Saitama: Suharaya, page 26:

     半はん(はん)濁にご(だく)音おと(おん)は、假かり(か)字じ(な)の右みぎ(みぎ)肩かた(かた)に一いち(いっ)箇(こ)の圈けん(けん)點てん(てん)（゜）を附ふ(ふ)して、半はん(はん)濁にご(だく)音おと(おん)の符ふ(ふ)となす、次つぎ(つ)ぎの例れい(れい)を見み(み)る可か(べ)し、

     Handakuon wa, kana no migikata ni ikko no kenten () o fushite, handakuon no fu to nasu, tsugi no rei o miru beshi,

     A ‘semi-muddy sound’ is noted by attaching a circle (゜) to the right shoulder of a kana, as seen in the following examples,

2. (typography) an emphasis point, a dot or similar mark attached to a character to display emphasis

   Synonyms: 傍点ぼうてん (bōten), 脇わき点てん (wakiten)

References

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