とうてん
Meanings
Noun
1. punctuation mark
Kanji used
phrase
read
point
Pitch accent
うてん
とうてん
Composed of
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
Composed of
breaks and pauses (in a sentence); punctuation; way of reading (esp. kanbun)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
Examples (4 in total)
A comma is a punctuation mark.
A question mark is a punctuation mark.
An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.