See also: · [U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT], [U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR], and [U+2022 BULLET]
U+30FB, ・
KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT

[U+30FA]
Katakana
[U+30FC]
U+FF65, ・
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT

[U+FF64]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF66]

Japanese

Punctuation mark

  1. A space or word break, indicating where one word ends and where the next begins.

Usage notes

  • Used to replace spaces in foreign words, such as writing foreign names (ジョージ・W・ブッシュ (George W. Bush)) and compound terms, or in children’s books. It is used in a way similar to the Chinese ·. Spaces are, however, ignored in commonly used words, for example ラブレター (rabu retā, love letter).
  • Use to separate list items, similarly to the word and, ampersands, commas, semicolons or forward slashes. E.g.: スマートフォン・タブレット (smartphones and tablets); トリニダード・トバゴ (Trinidad and Tobago); みずみずぞくレベル3・こう500・しゅ500 (WATER / Aqua-Type / Level 3 / ATK 500 / DEF 500).
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