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jmdict 1680530 Active (id: 1982652)
返り点 [news2,nf26]
かえりてん [news2,nf26]
1. [n]
▶ marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2601800 点本【てんぽん】 1. book with reading aids (such as kana or punctuation marks)
  ⇐ see: 2634880 返り【かえり】 3. marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
  ⇐ see: 1922360 レ点【レてん】 1. mark indicating that the order of the adjacent characters is to be reversed (for reading kanbun in Japanese word order)



History:
2. A 2018-06-17 01:27:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-06-14 22:12:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, gg5
  Comments:
They don't "indicate the Japanese meaning".
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>marks indicating the Japanese meaning of the texts of Chinese classics</gloss>
+<gloss>marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese</gloss>

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