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List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters. For other languages and symbol sets (especially in mathematics and science), see below.

In this table:

  • The first cell in each row gives a symbol;
  • The second is the name assigned to it by the Unicode Consortium;
  • The third gives its most common alias or name in another major variety of English, (e.g., period for full stop) otherwise the Unicode name is repeated to facilitate sorting;
  • The fourth lists closely related concepts or glyphs, or adds a clarification note.

The table is presented in alphabetical order by common name. Each column header has an up-down arrow (⬍) that may be used freely to rearrange the order that the list is displayed, giving priority to that column. This has no effect for other readers or subsequent uses and may be used freely.

Typographical symbols and punctuation marks
Symbol Unicode name of the symbol[a] Common name[b] Similar concepts
´Acute accent (freestanding)Acute accentDiacritics (accents)
◌́Combining acute accent (diacritic)Acute accentDiacritics (accents)
≈Almost equal to ApproximationTilde, Double hyphen, Double tilde
&Ampersand Ampersand, And signplus sign, Ligature (writing)
⟨ Mathematical left angle bracket Angle bracketsBracket, Parenthesis, Less-than sign, Guillemet
⟩Mathematical right angle bracket Angle bracketsBracket, Parenthesis, Greater-than sign, Guillemet
'Apostrophe (typewriter)ApostropheRight single quotation mark ("typesetter's apostrophe"), Modifier letter apostrophe, Prime (symbol)
’Right single quotation mark ApostropheThe right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".)
*Asterisk AsteriskAsterism, Dagger
⁂Asterism AsterismDinkus, Therefore sign
@Commercial at At signmonkey
\Reverse solidus BackslashSlash, Solidus (/)
`Grave accent (freestanding)Backtick
‱Per ten thousand sign Basis pointPer cent, per mille (per 1,000)
∵Because Because signTherefore sign
•Bullet BulletMiddle dot
·Middle dot InterpunctBullet
℅Care of Care ofLook up care of at Wiktionary, the online dictionary
‸Caret Caret (proofreading)Caret (computing) (^)
⁁Caret insertion point Caret (proofreading)Caret (computing) (^)
⎀Insertion symbol Caret (proofreading)Caret (computing) (^)
^Circumflex accent (freestanding)CaretHat operator, Chevron, Caret (proofreading)
◌̂Combining circumflex accent (diacritic)CircumflexCombining Diacritical Marks
:Colon ColonSemicolon
,Comma CommaDecimal separator
⌘Place of interest sign Command keyalso known as a "looped square"
⁒Commercial minus sign Commercial minus signMinus sign, Division sign, Per cent sign, Obelus
🄯Copyleft symbol Copyleft signCopyright sign
©Copyright sign Copyright signSound recording copyright symbol
{Left curly bracket Curly brackets, BracesAngle bracket, Parenthesis
}Right curly bracket Curly brackets, BracesAngle bracket, Parenthesis
¤Currency sign Currency sign (generic)various Currency symbols.
†Dagger DaggerObelus, Footnotes, Latin cross
‡Double dagger Dagger (double)Obelus, Footnotes, Cross of Lorraine
–En dash EndashDash (many types)
—Em dash EmdashDash (many types)
°Degree sign Degree signMasculine ordinal indicator
⌀Diameter sign DiameterØ (Scandinavian orthography), Slashed zero, Empty set
÷Division sign Division signSlash (Solidus), Obelus
◌Dotted circle Dotted circleCombining Diacritical Marks
…Horizontal ellipsis EllipsisThe form . . . is usually preferred
=Equals sign Equal sign
℮Estimated symbol Estimated sign
!Exclamation mark Exclamation pointInverted exclamation mark, Interrobang
ªFeminine ordinal indicator Feminine ordinal indicatorFemale sign, Masculine ordinal indicator, Gender symbols
♀Female sign Female signGender symbol, LGBT symbols, Feminine ordinal indicator
❦Floral heart FleuronDingbat, Dinkus
◌̀Combining grave accent (diacritic)Grave accentDiacritic, Backtick
>Greater-than sign Greater than signAngle bracket
«Left-pointing double angle quotation mark Guillemet, French quotation marksAngle brackets, quotation marks, Much less than
»Right-pointing double angle quotation mark Guillemet, French quotation marksAngle brackets, quotation marks, Much greater than
⚥Male and female sign Hermaphrodite (botany)Gender symbol, LGBT symbols
×Multiplication sign Hybrid (biology)X mark
‐Hyphen HyphenDash, Hyphen-minus
-Hyphen-minus Hyphen-minusMinus sign, Hyphen, Dash
⹀Double hyphen Hyphen (double)
⸗Double oblique hyphen Hyphen (double)
·Middle dot InterpunctDot operator, Decimal separator
‽Interrobang Interrobang
<Less-than sign Less-than signAngle bracket
◊Lozenge LozengeSquare lozenge ("Pillow")
♂Male sign Male signGender symbol, LGBT symbols
☞White right pointing index ManiculeObelus (medieval usage)
ºMasculine ordinal indicator Masculine ordinal indicatorFeminine ordinal indicator, Degree sign, Male sign, Gender symbols
−Minus sign Minus signPlus and minus signs, Hyphen-minus, Commercial minus
#Number sign Number sign(also known as "octothorpe", "hash", Pound sign (US usage) and "hashtag sign"). Numero sign
№Numero sign Numero signNumber sign
(Left parenthesis ParenthesisBrackets, Angle brackets, Curly brackets, Square brackets
)Right parenthesis ParenthesisBrackets, Angle brackets, Curly brackets, Square brackets
%Percent sign Per cent signPer mille (per 1,000), Basis point (per 10,000)
‰Per mille sign Per mille signPercent, Basis point
.Full stop PeriodInterpunct, Decimal separator
Pilcrow sign Paragraph markSection sign ('Silcrow')
⌑Square lozenge Square lozenge, Pillow'Pillow' is an informal nick-name used in the travel industry.
|Vertical line Pipe
+Plus sign Plus signminus sign, ampersand
±Plus-minus sign plus or minusminus or plus
′Prime Prime symbolfoot (unit)
″Double prime Prime symbolInch, Minute
‴Triple prime Prime symbolSecond
?Question mark Question markInverted question mark, Interrobang
"Quotation mark (typewriter)Quotation mark (double)Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Guillemets
“Left double quotation mark (Curly)Quotation mark (double)Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Double prime
”Right double quotation mark (Curly)Quotation mark (double)Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Double prime
‘Left single quotation mark Quotation mark (single)U+2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
’Right single quotation mark Quotation mark (single)Apostrophe (The right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".)
®Registered sign Registered trademarkTrademark symbols
§Section sign Section symbolsection mark, double-s, 'silcrow' (after Pilcrow)
;Semicolon SemicolonGreek question mark
℠Service mark Service markTrademark symbols
⚹Sextile SextileStar symbols
/Solidus SlashCalled "slant" in ASCII. Division sign, Forward slash, Shilling sign, Virgule
℗Sound recording copyright Sound recording copyrightCopyright sign
[Left square bracket Square bracketsAngle bracket, Parenthesis
]Right square bracket Square bracketsAngle bracket, Parenthesis
∴Therefore Therefore signAsterism, Because sign
⁀Undertie Tie (typography)
~Tilde (freestanding)TildeApproximation, Wave dash, Double tilde
◌̃Combining tilde (diacritic)TildeDiacritic
™Trade mark sign Trademark symbolRegistered trade mark
_Low line UnderscoreUnderline
¡Inverted exclamation mark Upside-down exclamation pointInverted question and exclamation marks
¿ Inverted question mark Upside-down question markInverted question and exclamation marks

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Notes

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  1. ↑ As defined in the Unicode standards
  2. ↑ Name of Wikipedia article, if different from the Unicode name, or a major English-language variant (such as 'full-stop' and 'period').
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