Name of this symbol ※

[Eway]

Do this symble "※" has an English name?
What do you call it when you're referring to it?

[Tdol]

I don't think I've ever referred to it.

[Eway]

All right, then,

if I say it's "two slashes cross each other with four dots on each side",
can people understand which symbol I'm talking about?

Or....there's someway to address it more clearly....err...by words

[Tdol]

I'll try to find out- what's it used for?

[Eway]

For explaining to foreigners the pattern on Chinese antiques

[suzivi]

The symbol you've asked about is called an "asterisk". It's used to point to a footnote or extra comment you'd like to add to what you've already written.

e.g. I won't be able to make it on Saturday.*
(At the end of the page you'd show an asterisk followed by your quote or extra comment.)