U+3005 "々" Ideographic Iteration Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+3005 "々" Ideographic Iteration Mark is a non phonetic symbol used in East Asian scripts, primarily in Japanese and occasionally in Chinese, to indicate the repetition of the preceding kanji or hanzi character within a word or compound, such as in "時々" (tokidoki, meaning sometimes) or "段々" (dandan, meaning gradually). Unlike alphabetic scripts where an iteration mark might be a simple ditto sign, this mark functions as a standalone glyph that is visually distinct and carries no inherent pronunciation, instead relying on the reader to apply the same sound and meaning as the repeated character. It is typically written with a single stroke, resembling a stylized zigzag or wave, and is encoded in the Unicode standard within the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block to support proper digital representation and text processing for these languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
々 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
々 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE3 0x80 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x3005 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00003005 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u3005 |
Unicode Properties