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(orthography, typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning, also called tone marks when used to indicate tones, e.g. in Vietnamese or pinyin (romanised Mandarin Chinese).

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diacritical mark

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(orthography, typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning, also called "tone marks" when used to indicate tones, e.g. in Vietnamese or pinyin (romanised Mandarin Chinese).

Japanese Meaning

文字に付され、発音、アクセント、声調、あるいは意味の変化を示す記号。ベトナム語や中国語のピンインにおいては、主に音の高低（トーン）を表すため、トーン記号とも呼ばれる。