- nakaguro middle dot, centred period, full-stop mark at mid-character height, interpoint
Learners encounter this only in writing about punctuation, since 中黒 is the technical name for the raised dot used to separate items in Japanese.
名前は中黒で区切ってください。
Namae wa nakaguro de kugitte kudasai.
Please separate the names with middle dots.
この文には中黒が三つある。
Kono bun ni wa nakaguro ga mittsu aru.
There are three middle dots in this sentence.
⚖️ Don't confuse 中黒 with 読点 (tōten), the comma; 中黒 is the raised dot used between items.
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