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geta mark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
geta -mark
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

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.

Inflected Forms

geta marks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tofu

Questions

What does geta mark mean?
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.
Where does geta mark come from?
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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