Editing Iteration mark (section)

===Kana===
[[Kana]] uses different iteration marks; one for hiragana, {{lang|ja|ゝ}}, and one for katakana, {{lang|ja|ヽ}}. The hiragana iteration mark is seen in some personal names like {{lang|ja|さゝき}} {{Transliteration|ja|Sasaki}} or {{lang|ja|おゝの}} {{Transliteration|ja|Ōno}}, and it forms part of the formal name of the car company {{nihongo3||いすゞ|[[Isuzu]]}}.

Unlike the kanji iteration marks, which do not reflect sound changes, kana iteration marks closely reflect sound, and the kana iteration marks can be combined with the {{Transliteration|ja|dakuten}} voicing mark to indicate that the repeated syllable should be voiced, for example {{lang|ja|みすゞ}} {{Transliteration|ja|Misuzu}}. If the first syllable is already voiced, for example {{lang|ja|じじ}} {{Transliteration|ja|jiji}}, the voiced repetition mark still needs to be used: {{lang|ja|じゞ}} rather than {{lang|ja|じゝ}}, which would be read as {{Transliteration|ja|jishi}}.

While widespread in old Japanese texts, the kana iteration marks are generally not used in modern Japanese outside proper names, though they may appear in informal handwritten texts.