What do we call things that are neither kana nor kanji?


I was wondering Is there a Japanese name (or term) for written stuff that are
neither kana nor kanji?

By that, I mean stuff like:

  * ゠ (ダブルハイフン, for indicating the dash in foreign words)

  * ・ (ぽつ, for separating foreign words, to make it more readable)

  * 〆 (しめ, for indicating deadlines)

  * 〄 (ジスマーク, on a product to show that it complies with industrial standards)

  * ～ (なみ, from... to... e.g. 月～金曜日)

  * 〽 (庵点, for indicating the start of a singer's part in a song)

  * ※ (米, the English equivalent of asterisk for indicating attention)




I think you would call them
[`記{き}号{ごう}`](http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E8%A8%98%E5%8F%B7/UTF-8/), or "symbols".

If you look at the Microsoft Office IME's
[`入力できる特殊文字の一覧`](http://office.microsoft.com/ja-jp/support/HA010102998.aspx)
page, you'll see some of these listed under `きごう`.

I think you could also call them
[`特{とく}殊{しゅ}文{も}字{じ}`](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E7%89%B9%E6%AE%8A%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97),
or "special characters".




I think you would call them
[`記{き}号{ごう}`](http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E8%A8%98%E5%8F%B7/UTF-8/), or "symbols".

If you look at the Microsoft Office IME's
[`入力できる特殊文字の一覧`](http://office.microsoft.com/ja-jp/support/HA010102998.aspx)
page, you'll see some of these listed under `きごう`.

I think you could also call them
[`特{とく}殊{しゅ}文{も}字{じ}`](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E7%89%B9%E6%AE%8A%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97),
or "special characters".

