感嘆符

かんたんふ

Also written 感歎符

Meanings

1. Noun exclamation point; exclamation mark

Kanji

• 感 feel. Read as カン.
• 嘆 lament. Read as タン.
• 符 token. Read as フ.

Example sentences

• 文を書くときには、ふつう大文字で始め、ピリオド（.）、または感嘆符（!）、疑問符（?）、で終わる。
  When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).
• 感嘆符は句読点です。
  An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.
• 最後の感嘆符、全角がいいな。
  It's beneficial that the final exclamation mark be a full-width character.

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