"※" meaning in Japanese

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Punctuation

Etymology: Likely derived from the 米 (“rice, uncooked rice”) character. Used on signage for rice sellers. Head templates: {{head|ja|punctuation mark}} ※
  1. similar in function to an asterisk or bullet point Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Reference mark, ja:※ Categories (topical): Japanese punctuation marks Related terms: *

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  "etymology_text": "Likely derived from the 米 (“rice, uncooked rice”) character. Used on signage for rice sellers.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "punctuation mark"
      },
      "expansion": "※",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Japanese punctuation marks",
          "parents": [
            "Punctuation marks",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "similar in function to an asterisk or bullet point"
      ],
      "id": "en-※-ja-punct-~qtvNAsx",
      "links": [
        [
          "asterisk",
          "asterisk#English"
        ],
        [
          "bullet point",
          "bullet point#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "*"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin",
        "Reference mark",
        "ja:※"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "※"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Likely derived from the 米 (“rice, uncooked rice”) character. Used on signage for rice sellers.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "punctuation mark"
      },
      "expansion": "※",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "punct",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "*"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese punctuation marks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "similar in function to an asterisk or bullet point"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "asterisk",
          "asterisk#English"
        ],
        [
          "bullet point",
          "bullet point#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin",
        "Reference mark",
        "ja:※"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "※"
}

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