geta mark
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Partial calque of Japanese 下駄記号 (geta kigō), alluding to the similarity between the shape of this symbol and that of a footprint from a geta shoe.
Noun[edit]
geta mark (plural geta marks)
- (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.