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I am reading a movie scenario magazine and came across this character:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZXO73.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZXO73.jpg)

Here is an example with some context:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0wmn.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0wmn.jpg)

I can't tell if it is a Japanese character or a typographical mark or
something else. What could it be?
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Trying to ID a printed character that looks like a script M
「〽」 is called 「庵点{いおりてん}」.

It is a typographic mark that has traditionally been used to indicate that
what follows it is (a part of) a poem, song, etc.

It is also said to be the origin of the modern Japanese quotation marks 「」.

「庵{いおり}」, by itself, means a "little hut with a thatched roof" in case someone
thought 「〽」 indeed looked like a roof.

<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B5%E7%82%B9>

There is no English page for this Wiki article.
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