Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a grandparent and child share a compact media controller with a prominent raised triangular playback symbol on its main button. The grandparent's fingertip presses that button while the child points between the triangle and the television.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

記き号ごう

kigou

symbol, sign

Example sentences

  1. ＆という記号きごうは、ａｎｄを指さす。

    The sign '&' stands for 'and'.

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  2. 元素げんそ記号きごうＨは水素すいそをあらわす。

    The chemical symbol H indicates hydrogen.

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  3. この記号きごうの意味いみが理解りかいできない。

    I can’t understand this sign’s meaning.

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Kanji in 記号

  • 記scribe; accountOnキKunしるす
  • 号nickname; numberOnゴウKunさけぶ・よびな

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