The word is sometimes used to refer to symbols that look like dots, such as dakuten 濁点 (゛) and the ditto mark (〃), which are also called chonchon ちょんちょん, *striking repeatedly* (phenomime), due to how your hand moves in order to write them.
Manga: Hikaru no Go ヒカルの碁 (Chapter 1, 棋聖降臨)
- miro yo
見ろよ
Look! - koko ni chi no ato mitai ni ten-ten to......
ここに血のアトみたいに点々と・・・・・・
In here, [something that] looks like blood marks [is stuck] in drops.- ato 跡
Something left behind by something else, usually as evidence.
Tracks, traces, marks, scars, etc. - tenten to 点々と
Scattered around as spots, dots, points.
- ato 跡
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