・

See also: · [U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT], ⋅ [U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR], and • [U+2022 BULLET]
・ U+30FB, ・
KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT
← ヺ
[U+30FA] 		Katakana ー →
[U+30FC]
･ U+FF65, ･
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT
← ､
[U+FF64] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｦ →
[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 ·.

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