I saw this reading for しめきり（締め切り）〆切 but I’m baffled since I never seen this “alpha” like symbol, it is a Kanji? What is this?
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It’s a ryakuji. Originally a simplification of 占, used in 締め切り just because it shares the pronunciation.
〆切 isn’t a “reading” though, it’s just another way to write it.
More about ryakuji here
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I similarly just read this character and thought I’d check the forums to see if it’d been brought up before. thanks for the cool info!
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