XXXX

A Roman numeral representing forty (40) in the (now non-standard) "additive" form; now replaced by the form XL.


X

From the Etruscan letter 𐌗 (x, “ex”), from the Ancient Greek letter Χ (Kh, “chi”), created ex nihilo.

The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.


CO

(chemistry) The molecular formula for carbon monoxide.


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Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)
The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.


XXX

Roman numeral: analysable as the reduplication of X (“Roman numeral for ten, 10”).

rdp

The number thirty (30) in Roman numerals.


VL

(rare, nonstandard) The Roman numeral representing forty-five (45).


XL

A Roman numeral representing forty (40).


III

Third, in the context of denoting the third person in a family or an office with the same name.

(inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 3


VI

The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:


XI

→ English: XI


LI

A Roman numeral representing fifty-one (51).

L

Number of the Roman numeral: LI (51); Previous

LII

Number of the Roman numeral: LI (51); Next


VIII

A Roman numeral representing the number eight (8).


XIII

A Roman numeral representing thirteen (13).


XIV

A Roman numeral representing fourteen (14).


Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numeral ٠ (compare Devanāgarī script ० (0)), adopted for use with the Latin script in Europe. See 0 § History for more.

0̸

slashed zero, available only as a combination of Unicode characters, variation selector or through font features

(Arabic digits) The cardinal number zero, indicating absence of any quantity.

15 × 134 = 2010

0000 0001₂

0x1000E001 (hexadecimal notation)

A digit in decimal, binary, and every other base numbering system, indicating the absence of any quantity in a given place value.

92;exists#92;,#92;mathbf#123;0#125;#58;#92;foralla#92;inA#58;#92;mathbf#123;0#125;#43;a#61;a#43;#92;mathbf#123;0#125;#61;a

(mathematics) The identity element with respect to addition.

f : Bᵏ → B : B = {0, 1}

A&B&C=0 → A=0 || B=0 || C=0

(mathematics, computer science) A Boolean or truth value corresponding to false.

(computing) Indicates that the number that follows is in octal.

select currency expressions containing ‘0’

(phonetics, often superscript) The pitch of a tone that is more extreme than 1 (higher or lower, depending on local convention; e.g. 0 is the highest tone in Chatino).


Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numerals (compare Devanagari script १ (1, “éka”)), possibly influenced by Roman numeral Ⅰ, both ultimately from using a single stroke to represent the number one. See 1 § As a digit on WikipediaWikipedia for more.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ३ (3)), from a cursive form of three lines to represent the number three. See 3 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari २ (2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2 § Evolution for more.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ४ (4)), a cursive form of four lines (to represent the number four) arranged in the shape of a cross (resembling +). See 4 § Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit for more.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ५ (5)). See 5 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ६ (6)). See 6 § Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit for more.

A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.

(music, superscript) an indicator that a triad is in first inversion.

(phonetics, often superscript) the pitch of a tone that is more extreme than 5; it will be higher or lower depending on local convention.

(phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 6, typically identified with light departing yang qu (陽去).


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ७ (7)). See 7 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.


8 (number)
8#Evolution of the Arabic digit

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ८ (8)). See 8 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.

(phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ९ (9)). See 9 § Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit for more.

(phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 9, in some cases when the language does not have the usual 4 to 8 categories.


Derives from overset Io, an abbreviation of either interiectiō (“interjection”) or the interjection iō (“hey!”), placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such. It expresses admiratio (“awe, wonderment”) in the clause.

punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock

How is that possible?!

Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.

Following a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.

(comics) Used in some comics instead of the period (.), ending all sentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.

Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"

! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]

1996, Game Freak, Pokémon Red and Blue, Nintendo:

! [indicates a random encounter with a monster]

2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:

(comics, video games) Used by itself to convey that a character is surprised at something.

Phoenix: I would like to go over this one more time. You met Adrian Andrews at a bar and took the request at that time? / de Killer: Yes, that is correct. / Phoenix: And that's the moment you thought 'he' was trustworthy... / de Killer: How many times must I repeat myself? Yes, that is correct. / Phoenix: I'm sorry, but that is an impossible tale. / de Killer: Wh-What!? / Phoenix: Shelly de Killer. You have never met the real Adrian Andrews! / de Killer: ...! Wh-Why would you say that...? / Phoenix: Because you made one very big slip-up... ...about her. / de Killer: So what is the issue... ...! / de Killer: Wh-What did you say just now...? About 'her'...? / Phoenix: If you had ever met Adrian Andrews in person... One look would have told you that she is a woman!

2002, Capcom, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, Capcom:

(comics, video games) Used to convey that a character has made a sudden realization.


di

A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).


Derives from the punctus versus.
The Italian printer Aldus Manutius established the practice of using the semicolon mark to separate words of opposed meaning, and to indicate interdependent statements. The earliest, general use of the semicolon in English was in 1591.

Nothing is true; everything is permitted.

coordinating conjunction
coordinating conjunction#English

Substitutes coordinating conjunctions such as and, but, and for. The pause is longer than the comma but shorter than a period/full stop.


exclamation mark
exclamation mark#English

An exclamation mark and a question mark, used at the end of sentences to express panic, confusion or surprise.


(tennis) score after a player has scored one point in a game


Coordinate term: 1488

(neo-Nazism) Heil Hitler (H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.)


He did what‽

The New York Times
W.W. Norton & Company
‽


Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes

Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe

Alternative form of ― (“horizontal bar; quotation dash; introduces a line of dialogue”)


6–10 years

Things to buy:

– Toilet paper

– Towels

– Could you direct me to the bus station?

– It's just on your right at the end of the road.

Alternative form of ― (indicates a quotation or a line of dialogue).


١

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number one.


ⅭⅠↃ

An alteration of ↀ, an alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (“10”) to indicate the hundredth ten.

(Roman numerals, archaic) Alternative form of Ⅿ (“1000”)


ⅭⅭⅠↃↃ

(archaic, Roman numerals) Ten thousand (10,000).


NO

(chemistry) The molecular formula for nitric oxide.


(algebra) Complex or transpose conjugate; conjugate.

In the language defined by AB*A, each string starts with an A, ends with a distinct A, and between them has zero or more Bs.

(algebra, computer science) Free monoid or Kleene star.

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where an extra breath should be taken, resulting in a brief pause.


LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-one hundred.wav


XIX

A Roman numeral representing the number nineteen (19).


XVIII

A Roman numeral representing the number eighteen (18).


XVII

A Roman numeral representing the number seventeen (17).


XVI

A Roman numeral representing the number sixteen (16).


XV

A Roman numeral representing the number fifteen (15).


An abbreviated form of the virgula, ⟨/⟩, used to indicate a pause. The modern form was first used by Aldus Manutius. The virgula replaced the earlier dot because dots differentiated only by height were difficult to distinguish in medieval minuscule text.

Mr. Kershner says, “You should know how to use a comma.”

Optionally sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.


Typographical simplification, particularly due to the use of typewriters, thence followed in computers: rather than having separate opening (“) and closing (”) quotation marks (and other keys for ″ and others), a single square key was used, to reduce the number of keys.

Used as a quotation mark in some languages. See " ".

An ASCII substitute for ″ (double prime, as in inches)

Zo"e sits on the chair.

Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an umlaut, diaeresis or hungarumlaut, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.


(time, angles) An ASCII substitute for the symbol representing the second, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate seconds count


An ASCII substitute for any of multiple characters with a similar shape:

A quotation mark, in some languages: see ' '.


(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where a barline occurs in the chant.


½

Lonely GM seeking yng penpals to pass ½ century sentence.

1979 April 14, Larry Beerli, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:


¾

4 pages on loose leaf notebook pages, 6 x 9 ¾.

2010, Peter Haring Judd, Elizabeth Wade White Papers Catalog and Finding Aid, Volume 1 (in English), New York Public Library, →ISBN, page 439:


(IPA, obsolete) a falling tone, or, in contrast to low ⟨◌̖⟩, a high falling tone.


(a,b]=x∈ R ,|,a<x<b

(mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.


[a,b)=x∈ R ,|,a<x<b


Deva

From English Devanagari, from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī).
The "nagari" part was trimmed from "Devanagari", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


KI

(chemistry) The molecular formula for potassium iodide.


L

From the Etruscan letter 𐌋 (l, “el”), from the Ancient Greek letter Λ (L, “lambda”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lamed”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅.

The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.


V

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of Y and U.

The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.


V

(organic chemistry) The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC.


(NAPA) A front rounded vowel (e.g. ü ö ɔ̈) or a back unrounded vowel (e.g. ï ë ɛ̈).

(UPA) A front rounded vowel (e.g. ü ö ɔ̈ ä, α̈).

(ISO 233) Used with the letter ⟨ẗ⟩ to transcribe Arabic ⟨ة⟩.


DD

(informal) A Roman numeral representing thousand (1000).


Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


(informal, in transliterated Cyrillic text) A substitute for the modifying diacritic ⟨ʹ⟩ used to transliterate the soft sign ⟨ь⟩ and palatalized consonants.


XM

nine hundred and ninety
nine hundred and ninety

(informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred and ninety (990).


vv

(informal) A Roman numeral representing ten (10).


dd

(informal) A Roman numeral representing one thousand (1000).


LV

A Roman numeral representing fifty-five (55).

LIV

Number of the Roman numeral: LV (55); Previous

LVI

Number of the Roman numeral: LV (55); Next


There are two primary theories of the origin of the question mark. One is that ⟨?⟩ descends from the punctus interrogativus ⟨⹔⟩, which instructed the reader (or singer) to raise the pitch of their voice while coming to a stop.
Another theory is that it derives from overset Qo, an abbreviation of Latin quaestio (“question”), placed at the end of a question to mark it as such, and analogous to the derivation of ⟨!⟩.
There are no documented intermediary forms to support one theory over the other.

For the reversed question mark used in some right-to-left scripts

Character #1: "I have no time to explain! Have you seen a Big Bad Wolf blowing down various houses?"

Character #2: "?"

(comics, Internet slang) Used by itself to convey that the speaker is confused.


(networking) In a URL, begins a query string (a series of data formatted as field-value pairs).


ic

(informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).


NaCl

The chemical formula for sodium chloride, table salt.


A man may believe, for example, that the star in the sky is the Morning Star without believing that it is the Evening Star. A man may, for example, want to drink a glass of water without wanting to drink a glass of H₂O.

1992, John R. Searle, The Rediscovery of the Mind (in English), →ISBN, page 157:

(generally) Water (even if not chemically pure).


H₂O₂

(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula for hydrogen peroxide.


HF

(chemistry) The molecular formula for hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid).


The molecular formula for hydrogen sulfide.


HCl

In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.

2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE (in English), →DOI:

The molecular formula for hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid).


The molecular formula for carbonic acid.


(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula for phosphoric acid.


(organic chemistry) The molecular formula for methane.


(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula for ammonia.


H₂

(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula for diatomic hydrogen.


nonstandard; acceptable when subscripts are not available or cannot be displayed


The molecular formula for sulfur dioxide.


The molecular formula for sulfur trioxide.


The molecular formula for nitrous oxide.


In dynamic equilibrium with N₂O₄ - dinitrogen tetroxide

molecular formula
molecular formula#English

nitrogen dioxide
nitrogen dioxide#English

The molecular formula for nitrogen dioxide.


im

nine hundred ninety-nine
nine hundred ninety-nine

(informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred ninety-nine (999).


head

† (English symbol name dagger or obelus)

dagger (English name symbol)
obelus (English name symbol)

Derives from the obelus, ⟨⸓⟩. Originally shaped like a dagger, it is now sometimes identical in shape to a Latin cross.

(typography) Used to indicate a (second) footnote.

crux desperationis
crux desperationis#Translingual

(textual criticism, palaeography) crux critica, crux desperationis, used around a corrupt part of a text


x

The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.


x

History of the International Phonetic Alphabet

Pronunciation of IPA [xa axa] with the sound [x]

The variable name comes from usage in Spain, as up to the 16th century ⟨x⟩ had the sound value /ʃ/ in Spanish, so was used to transcribe Arabic ش (š) used for the purpose of a variable as an abbreviation of شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”). Its sound value in Spanish has since then become /x/, which explains the decision made in the circle of the International Phonetic Association to assign this character to the voiceless velar fricative. Compare English hickey (“an object whose name is not recalled; bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin”) for the development of the sense of a communicated kiss.

ncog

(mathematics) A name for an unknown variable.


x

The multiplication sign is an arbitrary notation developed in the early 17th century.

Dimensions: 1280x720

3x as much as usual

Nebenzahlreichen sekundären Pflanzenstoffen enthält Moringa: 2x so viel Proteine wie Soja [...]

2017, Karin Loose, Gesunde Lebensführung - Gewusst wie!?: Ernährung + Bewegung + Psyche (in German), BookRix, →ISBN:


head

¶ (plural ¶¶, English name pilcrow or paragraph mark)

pilcrow (English name)
paragraph mark (English name)

A graphic variation of the Fraktur capital letter cee (ℭ), an abbreviation of Latin capitulō (“heading”).

Abby Akari Alishio first came out as queer three years ago. ¶ “I started crying before I even said anything,” said Alishio. ¶ She was 19, and a couple of years out of West Seattle High School, where she’d spent four years feeling like she couldn’t safely explore her queerness or learn about queer community.

2021 October 10, Crystal Paul, “The future of coming out”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 2021-11-04, page E1:

A beginning of a paragraph; paragraph break; hard return.


XXI

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-one (21).


XXII

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty two (22).


XXIII

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty three (23).


XXVI

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty six (26).


XXVII

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-seven (27)


XXVIII

Roman numeral representing the number twenty-eight (28)


XXIX

A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-nine (29).


A question mark and an exclamation mark, used at the end of sentences to express both wondering and panicky emotion.


How are you going to pay for this??

A double question mark, used at the end of sentences as an emphasized version of %3F, to make questions with more weight and importance, as if demanding an answer.


DH

(inorganic chemistry) deuterium-protium, a type of hydrogen (H₂) molecule. Known as hydrogen deuteride.


Visual rendering of Morse code for С. (Cyrillic)


And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 13:16–18:


XC

A Roman numeral representing ninety (90).


The danda, a punctuation mark of many Indic scripts, equivalent to the English period (.).


٠

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number zero.


٢

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number two.


٣

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number three.


٤

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number four.


٥

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number five.


٦

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number six.


٧

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number seven.


٨

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number eight.


٩

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number nine.


١٠

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number ten.


XXXII

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-two (32)


XXXIII

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-three (33)


LXX

LXX (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxx)


XXXIV

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-four (34)


XXXV

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-five (35)


XXXVI

A number of the Roman numeral: XXXVI (36)


(organic chemistry) Alternative spelling of CH₄


XXXVII

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-seven (37).


XLII

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-two (42).


XXXVIII

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty eight (38).


XLIII

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-three (43).


XXXIX

A Roman numeral representing the number thirty-nine (39)


XLIV

A number of the Roman numeral: XLIV (44)


XLI

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-one (41).


XLV

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-five (45).


used when omitting a section in quoted text

Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas…

2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 538:

I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has obtained very weak results in my classes…

Indicates trailing off at the end of a sentence.

Save as...

Find and replace...

(computing) Indicates that a computer command will request further information, typically by opening a dialog box.

(typography) May be, or form part of, a leader: a series of dots used as a visual aid to connect items in lists, such as chapter headers to page numbers in a table of contents.


The square root of 2 is 1.4142135623730950488…

(mathematics) Indicates that an indefinite sequence of digits of an irrational number follows.


ideographic full stop
ideographic full stop


(stenoscript) a period / full stop [a simple dot has other uses]


XLVI

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-six (46).


XLVII

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-seven (47).


XLVIII

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-eight (48).


XLIX

A Roman numeral representing the number forty-nine (49).


LII

A Roman numeral representing fifty-two (52).


LIII

A Roman numeral representing fifty-three (53).


Exponential notation: 10³


Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


(informal, in transliterated Cyrillic text) A substitute for the modifying diacritic ⟨ʺ⟩ used to transliterate the hard sign ⟨ъ⟩.


T₂

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

(topology) The Hausdorff property; a category of topological spaces with this property.


More information
Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)
The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.


(Thai Braille) The vowel ◌ุ (short u) [as in Japanese Braille]


(in the context of the number sign ⠼) The digit 3.

(Ethiopic Braille, in the context of the number signs ⠁...⠆) The Ethiopic digit ፪ 2, ⠁⠉⠆.


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠉⟩: ⡉ ⢉ ⣉


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠙⟩: ⡙ ⢙ ⣙


(Cantonese Braille) The onset j (pronounced y) and rime oey


(in the context of the number sign ⠼) The digit 0.


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠚⟩: ⡚ ⢚ ⣚


LIV

A Roman numeral representing the number fifty-four (54).


LVI

A Roman numeral representing fifty-six (56).


LVII

A Roman numeral representing fifty-seven (57).


LVIII

A Roman numeral representing fifty-eight (58).


ↀ

* From Ⅽ and Ⅾ.
* An alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

(archaic, Roman numerals) One thousand (1000).


LIX

LIX (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lix)


/ (English name slash or stroke or solidus)

slash (English name)
stroke (English name)
solidus (English name)

The various uses of the present symbol derive from several sources. The medieval virgule (Latin virgula) was an oblique or vertical line that served as a comma, period, and caesura mark and is still used in literary contexts to mark line breaks in verse. (This mark separately developed as the comma ⟨,⟩ and caesura mark ⟨‖⟩ and some senses of the vertical bar ⟨|⟩.) The shilling mark (Latin solidus) was variously written s. or as the long s ſ. This eventually developed into a single unpunctuated slash; its use to separate shillings from pence was sometimes generalized to any currency division. Most mathematical senses derived from the earlier horizontal fraction bar (as in 12, usually attributed to Arabic mathematician al-Hassar), rewritten with a slash by the 18th century to permit fractions to be written on a single line. As a separator and conjunction, it represents an oblique form of the dash ⟨–⟩ or hyphen ⟨-⟩. Its use to mark supposed actions derives from command formatting in online chat forums, while its use to comment on preceding text derives from its use in some programming languages to form closing tags. Its present British name stroke derives from its use in telegraphy; its present American name slash gained wide currency from its use in computing.

9/11 is September 11th to most Americans but the 9th of November in the British Isles.

Used in place of a dash or hyphen in several contexts.

(usually informal) Used to separate the components of a date.

Santa Claus is said to visit all the world’s children on the night of December 24/25.

Used to mark a period spanning two dates, such as the night beginning on one day and ending on the next, or the winter spanning two years.

We coded that over the fall term of our senior year, 2010-09-01/12-22.

(international standards) Used to mark normal date ranges.

I got a grade of 85/100 on the midterm test.

Used to separate a particular amount (such as a score) or location (such as a page) from the total number of possible points or similar items; out of.

Her approval numbers stand at 42/23, meaning she presently has a net favorability of +19 but that a large number of voters remain undecided.

(politics) Used to separate percentages for and against or approving and disapproving (always in that order) in poll results.


(orthography) typographic substitute for the dental click ⟨ǀ⟩.


A remarkable feature of the accident was that the engine was 4-4-2 tank No. 13, the guard's brake was No. 13, and there were 13 wagons in the train.

1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:


(IPA, obsolete) a rising tone, or, in contrast to low ⟨◌̗⟩, a high rising tone.

(Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with "falling tone".

(UPA) A palatalized consonant, and in some conventions a palatal consonant. For example, palatalized t́, d́, ś, ź, ń, ĺ; palatalized or palatal ḱ, ǵ, χ́, γ́ and ŋ́ or ή.


[I]t is standard in American television and motion pictures to use 'fictiona' telephone numbers. [... But] a standard mention of a '555' number never generates the fictional truth that the number in question begins with '555'. It leaves the number in question fictionally indeterminate. … The X-Files mentions at least forty-seven '555' numbers, and no other kind … in different cities, states, and locales [...but] it's no part of [the] story that the first three digits of all these phone numbers coincide

that would itself be worthy of an 'X-File'. The '555' number, in a standard mention, is a convention device for communicating the (fictional) fact that someone reveals a phone number, without stipulating what that number is.

Fictional telephone number prefix widely used in North American television shows, films, and other media.


⅔

(mathematics) The symbol for two-thirds.


KH

(chemistry) The molecular formula for potassium hydride.


LX

LX (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lx)


LXXX

LXXX (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxxx)


LXI

LXI (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxi)


if pizza == "plain cheese" -- Checks if pizza is "plain cheese".

SELECT id, name, birth_date -- Selects fields from a table.

programming language
programming language#English

(programming) Starts a single-line comment in some programming languages, including Ada, Haskell, and Lua, as well as some query languages.


‡ (English name diesis or double dagger or double obelus)

diesis (English name)
double dagger (English name)
double obelus (English name)

(chemistry) Indicates a transition state species


(white supremacy) The 'fourteen words': we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.


* ⸘: Superimposition of ¡ and ¿.
* ‽: Superimposition of ! and ?.

Encloses an emphatic question in some languages.


LXII

LXII (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxii)


(Ogham) marks beginning of text, e.g. ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜


ↁ

(archaic, Roman numerals) Five thousand (5000).


ↂ

(archaic, Roman numerals) Ten thousand (10000).


ↇ

(archaic, Roman numerals) fifty thousand (50000).


ↈ

(archaic, Roman numerals) Hundred thousand (100,000).


ⅭⅭⅭⅠↃↃↃ

(obsolete, Roman numerals) Hundred thousand (100,000).


LXIII

LXIII (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxiii)


A molecule of heavy water, comprising two deuterium atoms and an oxygen atom.


Opie, Iona, Opie, Pete (1959) chapter 9, in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 174: “Poor Old Stinker's dead and gone, / His face you'll see no more: / For what he thought was H₂O / Was H₂SO₄!”

(inorganic chemistry) the chemical formula of sulfuric acid


DHO

(inorganic chemistry) A molecule of semi-heavy water, comprising one deuterium and one protium type of hydrogen atoms with an oxygen atom


(organic chemistry) molecular formula for ethanoic acid, as acetic acid


C₂H₆

(organic chemistry) molecular formula for ethane


(inorganic chemistry) chemical formula for silicon dioxide


C₂H₄

(organic chemistry) molecular formula for ethene


C₂H₂

(organic chemistry) molecular formula for ethyne


(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula for sulfurous acid.


(inorganic chemistry) the molecular formula for phosphorous acid.


(inorganic chemistry) The molecular formula of monosilane.


(inorganic chemistry) molecular formula for disilane

trisilyl

SiH₂SiH₂SiH₃, -SiH₂SiH₂SiH₃, SiH(SiH₃)₂, -SiH(SiH₃)₂, Si₃H₇, -Si₃H₇


D₂

Deuterium-deuterium, a type of hydrogen (H₂) molecule. In other words, dideuterium, or diatomic deuterium.


s.l.

Abbreviation of sine loco (“without place”).

abbreviation of

(bibliography, proscribed) no place of publication given


ↆ

(botany, V-shaped form) non-woody (herbaceous) perennial


(IPA, obsolete) A level tone – or, in contrast to low ⟨◌̱⟩, a high level tone.

(UPA) Long vowel (e.g. ā) or consonant (e.g. t̄ ); cf. ⟨◌̂⟩.

used to mark the repetend of a repeating decimal: a type of vinculum

(Chomskyan grammar) Used to denote an X-bar.

(romanization) used to create the letter ⟨ḡ⟩ (also ⟨ġ⟩), which transliterates i.a. Arabic غ (ḡ), as well as long vowels such as ⟨ā⟩ for ى, ⟨ī⟩ and ⟨ū⟩.


ـ

The kashida or tatweel, a character used for lengthening words in cursive scripts, in most cases to justify them.

(typography) A carrier for vowel diacritic, used to display the diacritic without a base letter.


(palaeography, Coptic) Conventionally used in modern texts to indicate a pre-pronominal form in Coptic grammar, as opposed to the simple hyphen for other uses.


An asterism, a rare symbol used to separate sections within a chapter of a book.


(typography) Introduces items in a list.


ربع الحزب
ربع الحزب#Arabic

The rub el hizb (Arabic ربع الحزب) symbol, used to divide the hizbs (chapters) of the Qur'an.


PbO

(inorganic chemistry) chemical formula for lead monoxide


HgS

(inorganic chemistry) chemical formula for mercuric sulfide


SiO

(inorganic chemistry) chemical formula for silicon monoxide


LXIV

head

LXIV (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxiv)


(typography) The Arabic star, used like an asterisk


At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.

1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea (in English), Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 400:

Double guillemet. Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


Guillemet. Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


― (English name quotation dash or horizontal bar)

quotation dash (English name)
horizontal bar (English name)

― Harry, você não pode mencionar uma coisa dessas numa carta! [...] ― Tudo bem, tudo bem, então não vou contar a ele, tampouco!

2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 231:

― Harry, you can't mention such a thing in a letter! … ― All right, all right, so I won't tell him either.

The quotation dash; introduces quoted text.


Happiness ends with ‐ness.

Marks a point where a morpheme (a suffix, a prefix, etc.) is supposed to be attached to a word.


MgO

(inorganic chemistry) chemical formula for magnesium oxide


ZnO

(inorganic chemistry) The chemical formula for zinc oxide.


١١

The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number eleven.


Exponential notation: 5 × 10²


⅜

(mathematics) three-eighths: the number by which 8 must be multiplied to obtain 3


⅝

(mathematics) five-eighths: the number by which 8 must be multiplied to obtain 5


⅞

(mathematics) seven-eighths: the number by which 8 must be multiplied to obtain 7


⅛

(mathematics) an eighth: the number by which 8 must be multiplied to obtain 1


The caesura mark is a variant of the medieval Latin virgula (“scratch comma”).

Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum


ogonek, a common diacritic for nasalization

(IPA, dated) Sometimes used to mark nasalization in order not to clutter tone marks placed above the vowel letter.

(UPA, on a vowel letter) a reduced vowel; equivalent to a turned letter.


★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.

der

(animation, especially anime, comics) Appears in the eyes of a character to indicate that they are star-struck, excited or incredibly happy.


(comics) Multiple gears indicate that a character is thinking and is probably about to have an idea. Compare 💡 (“light bulb symbol, indicates an idea”).


(typography) Alternative form of • (“introduces items in a list”)


⅟

(mathematics) The numerator one with a slash, used in composing certain fractions.


⅗

(mathematics) The fraction three-fifths.


(computing, typography) An explicit space, as opposed to a tab character, or nothing at all.


(IPA) equivalent to ◌̥, used when a letter has a descender, such as ⟨ŋ̊⟩ or ⟨j̊⟩.


Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


ↄ

DISSERTATIO DE ORIGINE VERA TRADITIONIS FALSAE DE IOANNA PAPISSA IN AVDITORIO THEOLOGICO GEORGIAE AVGVSTAE D. XI. APRILIS cIↄ Iↄ cc xxxix. PRAESIDE CHRISTOPHORO AVGVSTO HEVMANNO S. THEOL. D. EIVSQ. ET HIST. LIT. PROF. PVBL. DISPVTATIONI SVBIECTA PVBLICAE A IO. DANIELE SCHVMANNO MVNDENSI S. THEOL. CVLT. ET SEMINARII PHILOLOGICI, ITEMQVE SOCIET. TEVTONICAE MEMBRO.

1739, Dissertatio de Origine Vera Traditionis Falsae de Ioanna Papissa in Auditorio Theologico Georgiae Augustae […] (in Latin):


(UPA) Short vowel (e.g. ă) or consonant (e.g. t̆ ); cf. superscripting for extra-short ᵃ, ᵗ.


A symbol used to mark a section of a document in the Ethiopic script.


(Thai Braille) combines with ⠗ r and ⠇ l to produces the former syllabic consonants, ⠗⠂ (⠗⠂) ฤ (rʉ́) and obsolete ⠇⠂ (⠇⠂) ฦ (lʉ́).


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠂⟩: ⡂ ⢂ ⣂


(Bharati Braille) the virama/halant, ् [cancels the inherent a vowel]


(International Greek Braille) the circumflex accent (perispomeni)


(German Braille) ? (question mark) [as in French Braille]

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠢⟩: ⡢ ⢢ ⣢


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠖⟩: ⡖ ⢖ ⣖

⠖⠉ ç, ⠖⠗ ɾ, ⠖⠧ ⱱ, ⠖⠍ ɱ, ⠖⠓ ħ, ⠖⠇ ɫ, ⠖⠺ ʍ, ⠖⠆ ʕ

(IPA Braille) Modifies the following letter


(German Braille) „ (opening quotation mark)


retroflex: ⠲⠙ ɖ, ⠲⠇ ɭ, ⠲⠝ ɳ, ⠲⠗ ɽ, ⠲⠼ ɻ, ⠲⠎ ʂ, ⠲⠞ ʈ, ⠲⠵ ʐ

rotation/reflection: ⠲⠁ ɐ, ⠲⠡ ɒ, ⠲⠑ ɘ, ⠲⠜ ɜ, ⠲⠓ ɥ, ⠲⠕ ɤ (historically small-cap 'ɐ'), ⠲⠥ ɯ

(IPA Braille) Modifies the following letter; equivalent to rotation/reflection or to the retroflex tail in print IPA


⠸⠃ ˈ◌, ⠸⠆ ˌ◌, ⠸⠳|, ⠸⠿ ‖, ⠸⠇ ◌‿◌, ⠸⠮ ꜜ, ⠸⠫ ꜛ, ⠸⠙ ↗, ⠸⠴ ↘

(IPA Braille) Marks non-combining modifiers, such as prosody marks and tone letters


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠴⟩: ⡴ ⢴ ⣴


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠬⟩: ⡬ ⢬ ⣬


LM

nine hundred and fifty
nine hundred and fifty

(informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred and fifty (950).


An ellipsis between round brackets: … + ( ).


Is the Pope Catholic(?)

(especially closed captioning) Indicates a question asked with a sarcastic tone of voice.


Yeah, that should work(!) (in English)

(especially closed captioning) Indicates a sarcastic tone of voice.


`period`

The periodos of Aristophanes of Byzantium, ca. 200 BCE. Originally there were three dots: ⟨·⟩ at mid height (the comma), ⟨.⟩ at the baseline (the colon), and ⟨˙⟩ at capital height (the periodos). When minuscule writing became common, it proved difficult to make a three-way height distinction, and only the periodos was retained, though it shifted to the baseline.

document.txt

the file with the base name ‘document’ and the extension ‘txt’

Separates a file name from its extension.

en.wiktionary.org

the Internet domain name with components ‘en’, ‘wiktionary’, and ‘org’

top-level domain
top-level domain#English

Separates the parts of the domain name of a website (including the subdomain and the top-level domain).


A simplification of the punctus elevatus, ⟨⹎⟩.


`lcub`

⎧ legislature

government ⎨ executive

⎩ judiciary

Used to add a comment to the left of and encompassing one or more lines, or to indicate that items to the right are subdivisions of the item on the left. Compare }.


`rcub`

A ⎫

B ⎬ these are a few letters of the alphabet

C ⎭

† AT'TRY, ⎫ a. [A.S. atter, poison.] Poison-
† AT'TER-LY, ⎭ ous; virulent. Chaucer.

Joseph Emerson Worcester, A Dictionary of the English Language, volume 1

Used to add a comment to the right of and encompassing one or more lines, or to indicate that items to the left are subdivisions of the item on the right. Compare {.


The space left from omitting a word divider such as ⟨⸱⟩.

a visual symbol that represents the space

A word divider: marks the separation between words written in various scripts, including Latin and Greek.

You are the son of God (referring to Jesus)

你是 神的兒子

你是 神的儿子

1934 November 11, “校史 [xiàoshǐ]”, in 《國立中山大學成立十週年新校落成紀念冊》, page 1:

Kuàng běnxiào wéi zǒnglǐ suǒ shǒuchuàng, yú dǎngguó guānxì mí qiè.

In addition, our school was founded by the Premier [of Kuomintang, i.e. Sun Yat-sen] himself, and is closely related to the Party and Country.

況本校爲 總理所手創，於黨國關係彌切。

况本校为 总理所手创，于党国关系弥切。

(East Asia) The ideographic (fullwidth) space ( ) is placed before a name to indicate respect.

司馬 遷 [Chinese]

永 六輔 [Japanese]

(East Asia) Used as a delimiter to separate the family name from the given name.

This idea is a m a z i n g.

Placed between each letter in a word to emphasize it, both in broad historical use and in modern situations where italics or boldface are unavailable, as in fraktur typefaces or plain-text electronic documents.


In some counting systems, including most international standards, separates groups of three consecutive digits in a number.

control character
control character#English

A control character that advances the typing position by a width of about one character, the reverse of backspace, chiefly in old typesetter technology but also in some electronic systems.


punctus percontativus
punctus percontativus#English

(late medieval texts) punctus percontativus, used to mark rhetorical questions.


Στην γλωσσολογία ο τόνος είναι ένα διακριτικό σημείο.
Stin glossología o tónos eínai éna diakritikó simeío.
In linguistics the tonos is a diacritical mark.

(orthography) The Greek tonos (τόνος) diacritical mark.

The appendix describing the Greek alphabet


͵β

(orthography, numerals) The Greek lower numeral sign diacritical mark, which is used for identifying Greek numbers greater than 999.


ια΄

ΙΑ΄ ΙΑ΄#Greek


ιβ΄

ΙΒ΄ ΙΒ΄#Greek


ΙΒ΄

Ο Κωνσταντῖνος ΙΑʹ Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος (1404 - 1453), ορθότερα Κωνσταντίνος ΙΒʹ, ήταν ο τελευταίος βασιλεύων Βυζαντινός αυτοκράτορας από το 1449 έως το θάνατό του κατά την Άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης.
Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453), also known as Constantine XII, was the last ruling Byzantine emperor from 1449 to his death during the Fall of Constantinople.

The Greek numeral representing the number twelve (12), typically romanized as the Roman numeral XII.


ιγ΄

ΙΓ΄ ΙΓ΄#Greek


ΙΓ΄

Ο Ιωάννης ΙΓʹ, ο επονομαζόμενος Γλυκύς, διετέλεσε Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως από το 1316 ως το 1320.

John XIII, called the Sweet, served as the Patriarch of Constantinople from 1316 to 1320.

The Greek numeral representing the number thirteen (13), typically romanized as the Roman numeral XIII.


ιδ΄

ΙΔ΄ ΙΔ΄#Greek


ΙΔ΄

Ο Λουδοβίκος ΙΔʹ, γνωστός και ως «βασιλιάς Ήλιος», ήταν βασιλιάς της Γαλλίας και της Ναβάρρας από το 1643 έως το θάνατό του το 1715.

Louis XIV, also known as the "Sun King", was king of France and Navarre from 1643 to his death in 1715.

The Greek numeral representing the number fourteen (14), typically romanized as the Roman numeral XIV.


ιε΄

ΙΕ΄ ΙΕ΄#Greek


ΙΕ΄

Ο Πτολεμαίος ΙΕʹ Φιλοπάτωρ Φιλομήτωρ Καίσαρ (47 π.Χ. - 30 π.Χ.), περισσότερο γνωστός ως Καισαρίων, ήταν ο τελευταίος φαραώ της Αιγύπτου, ο οποίος βασίλεψε από κοινού με τη μητέρα του, Κλεοπάτρα Ζʹ, από του 44 π.Χ. έως του 30 π.Χ.

Ptolemy XV the Father-Lover Mother-Lover Caesar (47—30 B.C.), better known as Caesarion, was the last pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII from 44 to 30 B.C.

The Greek numeral representing the number fifteen (15), typically romanized as the Roman numeral XV.


ιστ΄

ΙΣΤ΄ ΙΣΤ΄#Greek


ιζ΄

ΙΖ΄ ΙΖ΄#Greek


ΙΖ΄

Γʹ κύκλος: Οργή, εγκλωβισμένοι σε πυκνό καπνό (Άσματα ΙΕʹ-ΙΖʹ).
The 3rd Circle: Wrath, trapped in dense smoke (Cantos XV–XVII).

The Greek numeral representing the number seventeen (17), typically romanized as the Roman numeral XVII.


ιθ΄

ΙΘ΄ ΙΘ΄#Greek


κα΄

ΚΑ΄ ΚΑ΄#Greek


κβ΄

ΚΒ΄ ΚΒ΄#Greek


A coronis, an elaborate symbol that marks the end of a text.


O que significa...?

2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 415:

An incomplete question, usually for emotional effect.


(UPA) lowered variant of a vowel or consonant (IPA ◌̞).


(IPA, on a voiced obstruent letter) slack voiced (half-voiced).


(classical studies) Indicates a source in the Samaritan script.


When the carrying letter has a descender, the diacritic may be placed above. See ⟨◌̍⟩.


(IPA, UPA) Indicates non-syllabicity, such as the on- or off-glide of a diphthong, e.g. English [aʊ̯], [ɔɪ̯].

◌̑ may be used on letters with a descender


(IPA, dated, after a letter with a descender) advanced articulation.


f̠ v̠ ɸ̠ β̠ θ̠ ð̠ s̠ z̠ ʃ̠ ʒ̠ ç̠ ʝ̠ x̠ ɣ̠ χ̠ ʁ̠


(IPA) Indicates mid-centralized pronunciation.


(IPA) Indicates raised articulation, e.g. a closer vowel, or a fricative rather than an approximant.


(IPA) Indicates lowered articulation, e.g. a more open vowel, or an approximant rather than a fricative.


(IPA) Indicates a more-rounded or less-spread articulation.


(IPA) Indicates a less-rounded or more-spread articulation.


LXV

head

LXV (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxv)


LXVI

LXVI (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxvi)


LXVII

LXVII (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxvii)


LXVIII

LXVIII (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxviii)


LXIX

LXIX (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxix)


LXXIII

A Roman numeral representing seventy-three (73).


diacritical mark
diacritical mark#English

A macron used as diacritical mark under a letter of the Latin alphabet.

(romanization) used to create the letters ⟨ḏ, ḏ̣ (synonym ẓ), ẖ or ḵ, and ṯ⟩, which transliterate i.a. Arabic ذ, ظ, ج, ث.

(IPA, obsolete) once used for a low level tone, in contrast with ⟨◌̄⟩ for a high level tone.


Obtained by rotating the circumflex: (ˆ) 180°.

(IPA) A rising tone, also used in the romanization of Thai.


LXXI

LXXI (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxxi)


LXXII

LXXII (upper case Roman numeral, lower case lxxii)


(typography) May be, or form part of, a leader: a series of dots used as a visual aid to connect items in lists, such as chapter headers to page numbers in a table of contents.


LXXIV

A Roman numeral representing seventy-four (74).


◌̅ (English name overbar or overline or overscore or vinculum)

overbar (English name)
overline (English name)
overscore (English name)
vinculum (English name)

(Greek numerals) In Byzantine Greek and in Coptic, converts a letter into a digit. E.g. κ̅ (modern κʹ) '20'.

macron, a diacritic over a single letter that does not join to itself.


(NAPA) A diacritic added to a letter with a descender to indicate advanced articulation, e.g. ⟨g̑⟩ for ⟨ɡ̯⟩ (IPA [ɟ]), ⟨γ̑⟩ (IPA [ʝ]).

(IPA, rare) A diacritic added to a vowel letter with a descender (i.e. ⟨y⟩) to show that it is nonsyllabic.


LXXV

A Roman numeral representing seventy-five (75).


LXXVI

A Roman numeral representing seventy-six (76).


ulx

(typography) Alternative spelling of μlx (“microlux”) (from typographic substitution of lower case Greek letter "μ" with lower case Latin letter "u")


(telecommunications): From entry 73 in the Phillips Code, originally a list from 1 to 92 of numeric codes used to abbreviate common phrases used on telegraph lines.


(telecommunications) regards, best regards (a valediction among ham radio enthusiasts).


◌̇ may be used on letters with a descender

Sometimes used for actual whisper (voiceless phonation).

(Voice Quality Symbols) "whispery" voice ("murmured phonation" in IPA parlance).


A script w; generally designed as a Greek omega ω.


(typography) an unfilled bullet; used to introduce items in a list.


(extIPA) Indicates labial spreading, as is the norm for the vowel [i].


HEY, RIP! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOME WORK AROUND HERE TODAY? IT'S ALMOST NOON⋯ / HUH? KEEP YOUR BIB ON, KIDDO⋯Z-Z-Z--WHAT'S THE RUSH? I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD⋯Z-Z-Z-I'LL DO IT NEXT WEEK⋯

1967 July 15, “Hatlo’s They’ll Do It Every Time”, in Florence Morning News, 44th year, number 196 (in English), Florence, S.C., page 11:


Marks a separation between words (as a continuation of the stemline) as written in various Ogham.


LXXVII

A Roman numeral representing seventy-seven (77).


LXXVIII

A Roman numeral representing seventy-eight (78).


LXXIX

A Roman numeral representing seventy-nine (79).


LXXXI

A Roman numeral representing eighty-one (81).


LXXXII

A Roman numeral representing eighty-two (82).


LXXXIII

A Roman numeral representing eighty-three (83).


LXXXIV

A Roman numeral representing eighty-four (84).


(Ethiopic Braille) the word divider, ⟨፡⟩


(IPA Braille) the letter ⟨ˑ⟩ (the half-long symbol) of the International Phonetic Alphabet


(IPA Braille) the diacritic ⟨◌̻⟩ of the International Phonetic Alphabet


(Ethiopic Braille) the asterisk. [Presumably as a generic mark for footnotes.]


(typography) A carrier for combining diacritic marks, used to display the diacritic without a base letter.

commonly used to display vowel diacritics for Arabic


LXXXV

A Roman numeral representing eighty-five (85).


LXXXVI

A Roman numeral representing eighty-six (86).


(comics, humorous, hyperbolic, rare, often accompanied by a cloud) Indicates a strong stench.


LXXXVII

A Roman numeral representing eighty-seven (87).


A glyph combining the Ancient Greek diaeresis and oxia.


A glyph combining the Ancient Greek diaeresis and perispomene.


May be, or form part of, a leader: a series of dots used as a visual aid to connect items in lists, such as chapter headers to page numbers in a table of contents.


scriptio continua
scriptio continua#English

(originally in scriptio continua, now chiefly historical or archaic) indicating:


The double hyphen is used in order to avoid confusion with ᐨ (“-c”).

The hyphen used in the Canadian Aboriginal syllabary.


(cartoons, comics) Represents a loss of money.


Latn

From English Latin, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”).
The letter "i" was trimmed from "Latin", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


⸿. The .ii. Chapter. ✠

1534 November, Willyam Tindale [i.e., William Tyndale], transl., The Newe Testament […] (Tyndale Bible) (in English), Antwerp: […] Marten Emperowr, Matthew ii, folio iii, recto:

The capitulum, a typographic symbol to mark chapters or paragraphs, now evolved into the pilcrow: ⟨¶⟩.


Cyrl

From English Cyrillic, from the name Cyril + -ic, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rĭllos). Named after Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.
Some letters were trimmed from "Cyrillic", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


A British substitute for « », which were not widely available in metal type when quotation marks were introduced from France.

John said, “Run!”

For quotations using this term, see Citations:“ ”.


An early typographic substitute for » «, which were not widely available in metal type outside of France.


At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.


(textual criticism, palaeography) Denotes conjectured or emendated characters because the text was transmitted wrongly or just broken away.


His "solution" only caused more problems.

Peking's official New China News Agency said the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued the 425th "serious" warning against the U.S. "provocations."

1967 February 22, “Chinese Charge Plane Intruded Over Island”, in Pottstown Mercury, volume 36, number 126, Pottstown, PA, sourced from TOKYO (AP), page 2, column 4:

Encloses text that the author does not approve. See scare quotes.

Indicates that the enclosed text uses a figurative meaning.

"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is the first episode of The Simpsons.

Encloses a title of a work that appears within a larger work, such as an episode of a TV series, a short story, a poem or a newspaper article.

Do "not" open the door.

"1" is text, 1 without quotation marks is a number.

(programming) Encloses a string literal in some programming and markup languages.

Search for "heads or tails" for the exact phrase. If you forget the quotation marks, you'll surely see results with "heads" and "tails" separately.

(computing) In some search engines, searches for the exact word of phrase.


''1'' is text; 1 without quotation marks is a number.

programming language
programming language

(programming) Encloses a string literal in some programming languages.


An early typographic substitute for › ‹, which were not widely available in metal type.


Double inward guillemets. Enclose a quotation in some languages.


Inward guillemets. Enclose a quotation in some languages.


For quotations using this term, see Citations:” ”.


Encloses a quotation in CJK languages, specifically an embedded (inner) quotation where corner brackets are the usual quotation marks.


May be used to enclose a quotation in Finnish and Swedish, in place of the more usual ” ”.


E.g. ⟨p̓⟩, ⟨t̓⟩, ⟨c̓⟩, ⟨l̓⟩, ⟨ƛ̓⟩, ⟨č̓⟩, ⟨k̓⟩, ⟨q̓⟩, ⟨b̓⟩, ⟨m̓⟩, ⟨n̓⟩, ⟨w̓⟩, ⟨y̓⟩, ⟨ʕ̓⟩

Note: The same diacritic (typically U+0313) should be used on all letters, with the font left to handle proper placement. Placement may be forced by using U+0313 on short letters but U+0315 on e.g. ⟨t̕⟩, ⟨l̕⟩ and ⟨ƛ̕⟩, but in some fonts the shaping of U+0313 and U+0315 will be inconsistent.

(NAPA) glottalization, including ejective consonants.

(UPA) glottalization. E.g. mⁱe̓r (or mⁱeʼr) with a glottalized vowel.

(a) the entire consonant is superscripted, for example the weak/fleeting consonants ⟨ᵗ̕⟩ or ⟨ᵏˣ̕⟩ (U+0315) vs the usual notation ⟨tˢʼ⟩ or ⟨kˣʼ⟩ (U+02BC).

(b) the apostrophe only governs the superscript part of a segment, as in ⟨pʼᵏˣ̕⟩ with U+02BC on the [pʼ] followed by U+0315 on the affricated release [ᵏˣ̕].

Usually the distinction is unimportant and U+02BC will be used in all cases, e.g. ⟨ᵏˣʼ⟩, ⟨pʼᵏˣʼ⟩.

(IPA, rare) U+0315 may contrast with U+02BC ʼ for an ejective consonant when:


( ) (English name parentheses or round brackets)

parentheses (English name)
round bracket s (English name)

(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation.


([abc])([def]) — \2 matches the 2nd subexpression

(regular expressions) Defines a marked subexpression, to be matched using the backslash (\1, \2, etc.)

(accounting) Indicates that a number is negative in place of a minus sign.


`lsqb` `rsqb`

(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was present in the original text but has since become damaged or broken away.

(textual criticism, palaeography) Denotes a text deemed interpolated.

Encloses alterations in quoted text.
Denotes a text deemed interpolated.


`lsqb` `rsqb`

(mathematics) Encloses a polynomial ring.


`lcub` `rcub`

{ } (English symbol name curly brackets or braces)

curly bracket s (English name symbol)
braces (English name symbol)

doSomethingTwice () { return doSomething () + doSomething () }

(programming) Used in some programming languages, especially C-type languages.

if (x>4) { result = "congratulations!" }


`lcub` `rcub`

We can write la{t,d}er for the conflated pronunciation of ladder and latter in American English. This may instead be written ⫽laDer⫽, where ⫽D⫽ is the archiphoneme {t, d}, or with both conventions for {laDer}.

(phonology) Encloses morphophonemic transcription; especially when presented as sets of phonemes rather than as single symbols for archiphonemes.


`lsqb`...`rsqb`

An ellipsis between square brackets: … + [ ].

Authority is based first of all upon reason. If you command your subjects to jump into the ocean, there will be a revolution. I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable.

Authority is based first of all upon reason. […] I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable.

The same quotation with an omitted section

Used to substitute parts of a quotation that are deliberately omitted.


Encloses an exclamation in some languages.


⌈1.414⌉ = 2

⌈−1.618⌉ = −1

(mathematics) Indicates the use of ceiling function, rounds up a number to the nearest integer.


⌊3.14⌋ = 3

⌊−4.28⌋ = −5

(mathematics) Indicates the use of floor function, rounds down a number to the nearest integer.


The second /l/ in the English word "little" is actually pronounced [ɫ̩], not that people usually notice.

(linguistics) Encloses phonemic transcription.


This is a *big* problem.

2020 May 26, “The White House is getting *very* worried about the Senate majority”, in CNN (in English), retrieved 2020-10-02:

(Internet slang) Encloses a word or phrase to indicate emphasis; especially, used in plain-text contexts to simulate italics or boldface.

I have something for you! *gives her a cookie*

stares absentmindedly at the wall*

facepalm*

internal screaming*

[King Knight defeats Specter Knight.] / Specter Knight: '*PANT* YOU ARE IMPUDENT, BUT QUICK ON YOUR FEET... INTERESTING.'

2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards (in English), Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Spectral Ravine:

Okay, now show of hands if Millie Bobby Brown was one of those actors for you. (*assumes thousands of digital hands just went up*)

2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:

If you're reading this mere days before your show date (felt), place a one-two punch Amazon order of a pink hospital gown and fake blood and call it a day. If I were going to the tour *sigh* this is the section I'd be shopping.

2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

(chiefly Internet slang) Encloses an interpretation; an action described as if it were actually happening; in English, typically written in the third person.


`lowbar` `lowbar`

There's a scene in _Return of the Jedi_ where some little humanoid makes some remarks in an unidentified language.

1999 December 16, Dorothy J Heydt, “Re: Yourself in your work was Re: Colons”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet; in English), message-ID <FMuBI8.88w@kithrup.com>

So far, there's very little in the WoD that strikes me as Marvelish. I don't mind the occasional "returns from the dead" kind of story, but it seems to be looking like _every_ Antideluvian has faked/will fake their own deaths at one time or another.

2000 March 20, Webwalker [username], “Re: [Vampire] Ravnos”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet; in English):

You could have asked: is there a reason this easy patch was not applied, either on IRC or private mail by me. You did write a comment on IRC and I did see it. Problem is that you did not highlight me _and_ you did not wait for an answer.

2006, "Frans Pop", Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal (on newsgroup linux.debian.maint.boot)

(Internet slang) Encloses plain text that would be underlined or italicized if formatting was available.


LXXXVIII

A Roman numeral representing eighty-eight (88).


LXXXIX

A Roman numeral representing eighty-nine (89).


(orthography) Typographic substitute for the lateral click ⟨ǁ⟩.

blood //

Here's a drawing I made! It turned out a lot grimmer than I anticipated haha

(Internet slang) Follows a content warning.


`num` `num`

Happy birthday to you. #

(television) Encloses subtitled text that is sung or in a singsong intonation.


(linguistics) Encloses morphophonemic transcription.


A flock of sparrows

Encloses supplemental information when the original text continues afterwards; similar to ( ).


XCI

A Roman numeral representing ninety-one (91).


ˉ

(poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨ˉˉ⟩ spondee. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̄⟩.


`vert` `vert`

The absolute value of minus three is three.

For x equals one, one and y equals four, five, the absolute value of the quantity x minus y is the square root of (open parentheses) the quantity one minus four squared plus the quantity one minus five squared (close parentheses) or five.

|A|

connected component
connected component#English

(mathematics) Notes the number of connected components.


`vert` `vert`

(linguistics) Encloses diaphonemic transcription.


XCII

A Roman numeral representing ninety-two (92).


XCIII

A Roman numeral representing ninety-three (93).


`lt` `gt` `lt`/ `gt`

<p>This is a new paragraph.'''

[written by Mark Zuckerberg at the start of the movie, after he was dumped by his girlfriend Erica]

<p><i>9:48pm'. The truth is that she has a nice face. I need to do something to take my mind off her. Easy enough, except I need an idea.'

(computing) Used in HTML and XML to open and close an element.


`lt` `gt`

having now watched it I just have one thing to say... <grin> So who's got the bollocks to do some cosplay with me then? ^_^

2002 January 14, Stuart Dawson, “Re: This made me look at YATA in a whole new light.. o_o”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet; in English):

<SIGH> TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE MARKET SID. WHAT DO YOU SEE?

2010, Robin Etherington, The Diamond Egg of Wonders (Monkey Nuts; 1), Oxford, Oxon: David Fickling Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 8:

(comics, Internet slang) Synonym of * * (“encloses an interpretation, describes an action as if it were actually happening”)

Narrator: For the first time in seven turns of the seasons he speaks the ugly, guttural language of the humans...
Cutter (elf): <Before you die, say if any more of you come this way!>
Aro (human): <We are all that you see!> <No one follows!>

(comics, science fiction) Encloses translated text, including from nonhuman speakers.

To: Jane Doe <janedoe@example.com>, Joe Bananas <bananas1989@example.com>

Buy stuff from Best Shop <http://bestshop.example.com>.

See, eg, the Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Benin concerning the status of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the territory of the Republic of Benin (8 February 2017) available at <https://treaties.un.org>; and the Exchange of letters constituting an agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of the Niger concerning the activities carried out in the Republic of the Niger by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) (24 January 2017) available at <https://treaties.un.org>.

2019, Stephen Mathias, “Treaty-Making at the United Nations: The View from the Secretariat”, in Simon Chesterman, David M. Malone, Santiago Villalpando, Alexandra Ivanovic, editors, The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties (in English), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part I (Evolution—UN Treaty-Making in Practice and in Theory), chapter section 7 (Other Treaty-Related Activities of the Secretariat), page 66:

(Internet) Encloses an e-mail address or web address.


`lt` `gt`

{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|#include |inline="True"|lang="c"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} – C example

{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|ArrayList|inline="True"|lang="Java"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} – Java example

(programming) Encloses certain types of information in some programming languages.

{{#tag:syntaxhighlight||inline="True"|lang="html"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} = displays an image

{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
|inline="True"|lang="html"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} = a line break

Unsupported titles/Less than trailing slash greater than#Translingual

(computing) Encloses certain tags in markup languages.

(computing) Encloses a standalone HTML tag. Compare < /> in XML.

Unsupported titles/HTML start tag end tag#Translingual

(computing) In HTML and XML, encloses a start tag that must be closed by an end tag. See < > for more information.


(programming) Encloses a multi-line comment in some programming, markup and query languages.


`lt`!-- --`gt`

<!-- Note: I don't understand how this code works. -->

(computing) Encloses a multi-line comment in some markup languages, including HTML, XML, and SGML.


= non-breaking space

(computing) Encloses a character entity reference, which is displayed as a certain character in HTML and XML.


`lt` /`gt`

<br/>

Unsupported titles/Enclosing less than greater than

(computing) Encloses a standalone XML tag. Compare < >.


Speaking of Illustrator -- you weren't, but I'm pretending -- the way I'm going about comic art is on the computer.

2001 February 7, pieceoftheuniverse, “Re: Help please?”, in rec.humor.oracle.d (Usenet; in English), message-ID <3a817466.2941062@spamkiller.sucknews.com>:

Alternative form of ( ) or — —. These are two sets of -- used to enclose parenthetical text, like two em dashes, especially when actual em dashes are not available.


From ! + 1, from the fact that usually the same key is used for both symbols. Shift + 1 = !. This indicates that the person released Shift at some point, thus beginning to type 1.

You'd all burn and go to hell!!!!!!!!!!!11111

1999 July 1, Simon Maguire, “Re: video about Nirvana”, in alt.music.nirvana (Usenet; in English), message-ID <7lghei$nnd$5@nclient5-gui.server.virgin.net>:

(humorous) Alternative form of !! (dramatization of the ! punctuation)


XCIV

A Roman numeral representing ninety-four (94).


XCV

A Roman numeral representing ninety-five (95).


XCVI

A Roman numeral representing ninety-six (96).


XCVII

A Roman numeral representing ninety-seven (97).


XCVIII

A Roman numeral representing ninety-eight (98).


XCIX

A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).


Symbolizes three stones which would hold a cooking pot over a flame.

The gbakurunen, a punctuation mark used in the N’Ko script to indicate the end of a major section of text; similar in function to an asterism: ⟨⁂⟩ or coronis: ⟨⸎⟩.


ok_hand: = 👌

(Internet) In some social networks and forums, generates an emoji.


The Right Stuff (blog)
Triple parentheses

A practice started by the anti-Semitic podcast The Daily Shoah, hosted on the far-right blog The Right Stuff, with the claim that all Jewish surnames "echo" throughout history, reflecting alleged involvement in conspiracies.

"Hopefully /pol/ can be unanimous on this, and not disagree with it just to be ironic or edgy. "Just this once," wrote another user, who added that as much as he or she hated "agreeing with liberal[s]… they're right on this one. (((internet service providers))) will get way too much power if we let them."

2017 July 12, Brian Fung, “Even 4chan Is Opposing the Republican Plan for Net Neutrality”, in The Washington Post (in English):

Van Alphen’s account on Gab features a slew of bigoted posts written between 2016 and 2019. The most recent, posted more than a year ago, reads “HBO’s Watchmen is just as pozzed you’d expect given its (((writer))). […]”

2021 February 5, Ben Sales, “Neuroscientist Who Wrote Antisemitic and Racist Tweets Dies by Suicide”, in The Jerusalem Post (in English):

The first two charges against the applicant in the present case were that on or about 28 September 2016, contrary to section 127(1)(b) [of the Communications Act 2003], she had caused to be sent by means of a public electronic communications network, namely the internet, a message or matter that was grossly offensive, being a hyperlink on her blog to two performances of her antisemitic songs entitled "Nemo's Antisemitic Universe" and "(((Survivors)))".

Paragraph 7, Chabloz v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWHC 3094 (Admin)

(neo-Nazism, white supremacy, derogatory, offensive) Encloses the name of somebody or something of Jewish background, or by extension anything thought to be insidiously controlled by Jews.


A balloon that is an ellipse or rounded rectangle, with a tail emanating from the character who is talking.

thought balloon, contains text thought by characters in comics

anger balloon, contains text scream by characters in comics

Contains text spoken by characters in comics.


A cloud-like balloon, with a chain of increasingly smaller circles pointing to the character who is thinking.

Contains text thought by characters in comics.

speech balloon, contains text spoken by characters in comics


🗦Gasp!🗧 Your plan is too crazy to work!

(used in comics) Encloses an interjection, for emphasis.


A balloon with a jagged outline, with a tail pointing to the character who is screaming.

Contains text said by characters screaming in anger, fear, etc. in comics.


Visual rendering of Morse code for O. (Latin)


Elongated form of …. (the ellipsis, which indicates a pause or an omission)


All celebrity voices are impersonated.....poorly.

1997, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", season 1, episode 1 of South Park [disclaimer before the start of the show]


Visual rendering of Morse code for . (period; full stop).


Visual rendering of Morse code for , (“comma”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ? (“question mark”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ! (“exclamation mark”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for : (colon).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ; (“semicolon”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for / (“slash”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ( (“left parenthesis”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ) (“right parenthesis”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for ' (“apostrophe”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for " (“quotation mark”).


Visual rendering of Morse code for _ (“underscore”).


For example, the second stroke in 冰.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 提 (“rising”).


For example, the second stroke in 狐.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the fifth stroke in 我.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 斜 (“slant”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the second stroke in 心.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 扁 (“flat”) + 斜 (“slant”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the third stroke in 亡 and the fourth stroke in 四.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 彎 (“curved”).


For example, the first stroke in 卍.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the first stroke in 羽 and the first stroke in 也.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 又, fourth stroke in 今, second stroke in 夕, 𠂊 and 水.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 撇 (“left-falling”).


For example, the first stroke in 飞 and the second stroke in 九.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the third stroke in 弓 and the second stroke in 马.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 折 (“bent”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the second stroke in 计 and the second stroke in 鳩.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 提 (“rising”).


For example, the sixth stroke in 廸.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”) + 撇 (“left-falling”).


For example, the first stroke in 阝 and the sixth stroke in 邮.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 撇 (“left-falling”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the fifth stroke in 投.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 彎 (“curved”).


For example, the fourth stroke in 凸.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the third stroke in 大.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 捺 (“right-falling”).


For example, the first stroke in 大 and the first stroke in 七.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 橫 (“horizontal”).


For example, the fourth stroke in 中.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 豎 (“vertical”).


For example, the first stroke in 乏.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 撇 (“left-falling”).


For example, the first stroke in 月.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 撇 (“left-falling”).


For example, the third stroke in 丸.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 點 (“dot”).


For example, the second stroke in 四.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”). Referred to as the 橫折 /横折 (héngzhé) stroke.


For example, the first stroke in 疋 and the third stroke in 卖.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the second stroke in 山 and the sixth stroke in 県.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the sixth stroke in 肅.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the third stroke in 民.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 提 (“rising”).


For example, the first stroke in 水.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 巡 and the first stroke in 女.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 撇 (“left-falling”) + 點 (“dot”). Referred to as the 撇點 /撇点 (piědiǎn) stroke.


For example, the third stroke in 公 and the fourth stroke in 弘.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 撇 (“left-falling”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the eighth stroke in 廻.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 提 (“rising”) + 捺 (“right-falling”).


For example, the first stroke in 卐 and the fourth and fifth strokes in 亞.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”).


For example, the seventh stroke in 乱 and the third stroke in 己.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the third stroke in 乞.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 斜 (“slant”) + 彎 (“curved”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 乃.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”) + 折 (“bent”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 乄.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 撇 (“left-falling”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the sixth stroke in 㔔. It is one single stroke, unlike 口 (a similar radical) which is 3 strokes.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke 圈 (“circle”).


Soon after his marriage, )))Oskar Schindler((( quit working for his father and took a series of jobs, including a position at Moravian Electrotechnic and the management of a driving school.

(neo-Nazism, white supremacy, derogatory, offensive) Indicates somebody or something of pure non-Jewish background.


〔 〕 (English name tortoise shell bracket)


From the inversion of 2, which resembles T for "ten". Introduced by Sir Isaac Pitman.

A digit representing 10 in modern duodecimal system. Pronounced ten or dek.


From the inversion of 3, which resembles E for "eleven". Introduced by Sir Isaac Pitman.

A digit representing 11 in modern duodecimal system. Pronounced eleven or el.


The double danda, a punctuation mark of many Indic scripts, signifying the end of a paragraph or verse of poetry.


(West African languages) A full stop, often the only punctuation mark used in a text, or the only one apart from the question mark.


The Hebrew sin dot diacritic, used with ש to represent /s/


The Hebrew shin dot diacritic, used with ש to represent /ʃ/


Greek diacritic mark that can occur with the letters alpha, eta and omega, representing a historical letter iota that once formed a diphthong with it.


(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was mistakenly omitted by the original scribe.


ⱦ

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for t-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨θ⟩.


(mathematics) Indicates the use of nearest integer function.


(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses amended writing where the original scribe has written something else erroneously.

(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing where text has been lost and the restoration is likely but not certain.

(linguistics, in Igor Mel’čuk’s works) Encloses phrasemes.


Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


*An abbreviated cursive 𝓇 joined to the vowel.

(IPA) A rhotic hook; the standard diacritic used to show rhotacism


Visual rendering of Morse code for Ш. (Cyrillic)


ৼ

A variant anusvara diacritic of the Bengali script, used in Vedic texts.


Marks start of a book, chapter, passage, or first line


Marks end of a passage, paragraph, or chapter


Syllable boundary marker. It is used in the transcription of Chinese proper names with ambiguous syllable boundaries.


सिद्धम् सिद्धम्#Sanskrit

Text-initial invocation. It represents Sanskrit सिद्धम् (siddham, “accomplished”).


Originates online. Derived from …, likely by imitation of an initial misspelling, since the . and , keys are next to each other on most keyboards.

Indicates trailing off at the end of a sentence.


(chemistry) The molecular formula for tetrafluoromethane.


(chemistry) The molecular formula for tetrachloromethane.


C₃H₆

(organic chemistry) molecular formula for cyclopropane


titanium tetrabromide
titanium tetrabromide

(chemistry) molecular formula for titanium tetrabromide


punctuation mark
punctuation mark#English

A Tifinagh punctuation mark used to delimit phrases in sentences in some languages, but rarely used in modern orthographies.


A Tifinagh Unicode character used to join ligated letters in Tuareg, displaying as a series of underdots when ligation is not supported by a font.


VV

(informal) A Roman numeral representing ten (10).


(politics) Used to refer the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre that happened on June 4, 1989.


Ethiopic full stop, used to indicate the end of a sentence.


߁

߁߅ × ߁߃߄ = ߂߀߁߀

15 × 134 = 2010

A digit in the decimal and every other base numbering system, including binary, octal, and hexadecimal. Unlike naturally developed instances of the Hindu-Arabic decimal number system, N'ko numbers have the most significant digit on the right. It is Unicode policy to store the most significant digit first, so these digits have right-to-left ordering just like the consonants of the N'ko script.


߂

A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal. Unlike naturally developed instances of the Hindu-Arabic decimal number system, N'ko numbers have the most significant digit on the right. It is Unicode policy to store the most significant digit first, so these digits have right-to-left ordering just like the consonants of the N'ko script.


߈

A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also in hexadecimal. Unlike naturally developed instances of the Hindu-Arabic decimal number system, N'ko numbers have the most significant digit on the right. It is Unicode policy to store the most significant digit first, so these digits have right-to-left ordering just like the consonants of the N'ko script.


߀

߁߅ × ߁߃߄ = ߂߀߁߀

15 × 134 = 2010


Used as a quotation mark in some languages.


In þe bıgỹnẏng wsᷓ þe word ⁊ þe word was at god / ⁊ god wsᷓ þe word / þıs was in þi bigỹnỹge at god / alle þĩgis weren maad bi hĩ :

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffe’s Bible, MS Hunter 191.) (in Middle English), published late 14th century, Joon 1:1–3, page 2v:

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; (New International Version)

And here on þͤ othir ſyde folowyth the moſte pytevous tale of the morte Arthure ſaunz Gwerdon · Ꝑ le ſhyvalere ẜ Thomᷓs Malleorre knyȝt

1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, recto, lines 18–21:

And here on the other side followeth the most piteous tale of the mort d’Arthur sans guerdon, par le chevalier Sir Thomas Malory, knight.

Scribal abbreviation for a, ar, r, ra, re.


You really thought that a graduation playlist would be safe from Miley's ~patriotic hit~? Think again!

2024 May 2, Nicole Pomarico, Kayleigh Roberts, Starr Bowenbank, “The Best Graduation Songs of All Time”, in Cosmopolitan:

(Internet slang) Encloses a word or phrase to indicate disdain, mockery, snarkiness, or sarcasm.

ok i finished drawing my ~trollsona~ NO YOU CAN'T SEE HIM

2010 December 5, magnai cbt enthusiast (@Leic1s), Twitter:

2011 July 27, “Re: Do You ~REALLY~ Want To Know What's In Store For The Rainbow Family This Fall??”, in alt.gathering.rainbow (Usenet):

9 months on anticistamines ✨🖤 trans joy is ~everything~

2021 February 27, @__jajaja___, Twitter:

Any Light Academia girl would have these ~sophisticated~ games at home.

2022 October 1, “The Light Academia pack”, in Cosmopolitan:

5. A National Geographic geode kit that'll make for a ~smashing~ gift. Now hand me those goggles, please!

2022 November 9, Melanie Aman, “35 Gifts To Give If You Want To Be Remembered As A Great Gift-Giver By Your Family”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 2022-11-09:

Camila Cabello was ~just~ spotted kissing her ex Shawn Mendes at Coachella, and she seems to be focused on doing her own thing.

2023 May 10, Korin Miller, “Camila Cabello Rocked An Itty-Bitty String Bikini At Coachella, And Her 🔥 Abs Are Toned AF”, in Women's Health:

(Internet slang) Encloses a word or phrase to indicate quirkiness.

~heyyy~

(Internet slang, text messaging, dated) Encloses a word or phrase to indicate flirtatiousness.


Three hundred and sixty-five in Arabic numerals.


Denotes a position to write or sign, for example on an e-document.


(on an alveolar letter) officially a dental consonant; often used for a laminal alveolar or denti-alveolar consonant: e.g. [t̪ d̪ n̪ l̪ s̪ z̪].

(on a labial letter) labio-dental: e.g. [p̪ b̪ m̪]. (⟨m̪⟩ is equivalent to ⟨ɱ⟩.)


(extIPA) Indicates a dentolabial consonant: a consonant pronounced with the upper lip touching the lower teeth.


(extIPA, on a coronal letter) Indicates an alveolar consonant: a consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge.

(extIPA, on a labial letter) Indicates an alveolarized consonant: a consonant pronounced with the lower lip touching the alveolar ridge (class-2 occlusion, as with a severe overbite).


(extIPA) Indicates strong articulation, such as a fortis consonant.


(extIPA) Indicates weak articulation, such as a lenis consonant.


(extIPA) Indicates a denasalized consonant.


(extIPA) Indicates a consonant pronounced with a fricative nasal (nareal) release, such as with a nasal lisp.


A nasal tilde ⟨◌̃⟩ doubled for intensity, as velopharyngeal frication is fricative turbulence in air forced through the velopharyngeal port and into the nasal cavity.

(extIPA) Indicates velopharyngeal frication (posterior nasal frication), usually of a consonant.


(extIPA) Indicates a whistled consonant.


Now with ínne fewe dayes was notyfied on to me þat þe lyf of our’ fader seynt augus⹝
tẏn[…]

1960, English Vernacular Hands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries (in Middle English), page 21:

Now within a few days I was informed that the love of our father Saint Augustine […]

Alternative form of ‐ for a word-break at the end of a line


depending on the preference of the writer

DERVACꟷ F͡ILIVS / IVSTꟷ (h)IC IACIT

c. 500 CE Stone inscription alongside a road

(The stone) of Dervacus, son of Justus. He lies here.

BODVOCꟷ HIC IACIT / F͜IL͜IVS CATOTIGIRNI / PRONEPVS ETERNAL͜I(s) / VEDOMAVꟷ

(The stone) of Bodovoc. Here he lies, son of Catotigirnus (and) great-grandson of Eternalis Vedomavus.

(palaeography) Marks two letters in a transcription for what is a single ligature in the original.


(extIPA) Slurred or sliding articulation. Joins two letters into a consonantal diphthong such as [s͢θ], which moves from [s] to [θ] within the time of a single consonant.


(phonetics) A tilde that spans two letters, such as a nasal diphthong like ⟨a͠u⟩.


Used to create a hard-coded underline a.k.a. underscore.


(poetry) Used to mark a short/unstressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨˘˘⟩ pyrrhic. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̆⟩.


E.g. voiced ʙ̇ ᴅ̇ ɢ̇, tenuis ṗ ṫ k̇.

(UPA, on a consonant letter) A "half-sounded" consonant.


` (English name backtick or backquote or backprime)

backtick (English name)
backquote (English name)
backprime (English name)

(dated, computing) Alternative form of ‘ (quotation mark)

The echo and sed commands appear within backprimes (`) that indicate command substitution: The result of executing the commands within the backprimes replaces the backprimes and everything between them.

1997, Mark G. Sobell, “The TC Shell”, in A Practical Guide to Linux, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 440:

(computing) Used as an enclosing construct in some programming languages


(formal) An acute accent or oxia as a spacing character.


Ethiopic comma, used to indicate a pause between the parts of a sentence.


Ethiopic semicolon, used to indicate a pause between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.


A diacritical mark in the Toto language representing the rising tone.


Exponential notation: 1 × 10⁵

one hundred thousand
one hundred thousand


Exponential notation: 1 × 10⁵


Exponential notation: 1 × 10⁴


а҃

From а + ҃, based on Byzantine Greek α΄ (“1”).

Cyrillic numeral representing the number one (1)


The virama or halant: a diacritic to suppress the default vowel after a consonant in Tamil-Brahmi. (Northern-Brahmi: 𑁆)


(chemistry) The molecular formula for carbon trioxide.


SiC

The chemical formula for carborundum, also called silicon carbide.


SiH

(chemistry) The chemical compound of silylidyne.


C₄H₁₀

(chemistry) The chemical formula for butane.


C₆H₁₂

(chemistry) The chemical formula for cyclohexane.


C₁₄H₁₉NO₂

(chemistry) The chemical formula for dexmethylphenidate.

(chemistry) The chemical formula for methylphenidate.


NaBr

(chemistry) The chemical formula for sodium bromide.


The chemical formula of magnesium hydroxide.


MgH

magnesium monohydride
magnesium monohydride


formaldehyde monohydrate
formaldehyde monohydrate

formaldehyde hydrate
formaldehyde hydrate

methanediol, also called formaldehyde monohydrate, methylene glycol and formaldehyde hydrate


C₆H₁₀O₂

acetonylacetone, also called 2,5-hexanedione, hexane-2,5-dione, 1,2-diacetylethane, 'α','β'-diacetylethane, acetonyl acetone, diacetonyl, 2,5-dioxohexane, and 2,5-diketohexane


C₂

, [C₂]


(Hong Kong, Internet) Encloses a quotation of paragraph length.


(lexicography) Used in some dictionaries when a hyphenated word breaks on the hyphen at the end of a line.


HII

desc

English: H_(II) emission line, HII emission line, H-II emission line, H II emission line

English: H_(II) region, HII region, H-II region, H II region

(inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy) ionized hydrogen; an atomic hydrogen ion needing 1 electron to become neutral; a free hydrogen nucleus; a hydron


(typography) the florette or rosette, a common fleuron


a⃗ + (-a⃗) = 0

Coordinate term: ◌̂

(linear algebra, physics) Denotes a vector quantity.


ꟈ

(palaeography) The modern convention for the lower-case form of Gaulish Ꟈ.


(phonetics) The higher of two mid tones in the transcription of a language with four or six pitch levels. Contrasts with the macron ⟨◌̄⟩ for the lower mid tone.

(phonetics) Used to mark mid tone when the macron is used for vowel length.

(IPA) Marks syllabicity on a letter with a descender, such as ⟨ŋ̍⟩. Compare the default syllabicity diacritic ⟨◌̩⟩.

(Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with unspecified tone.


advanced tongue root
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advanced tongue root
advanced tongue root#English

(IPA, rare) advanced tongue root. Form used after a letter with a descender, e.g. ⟨y꭪⟩.


retracted tongue root
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retracted tongue root
retracted tongue root#English

(IPA, rare) retracted tongue root. Form used after a letter with a descender, e.g. ⟨y꭫⟩.


ꟊꟊ

(palaeography) The modern convention for the lower-case form of Gaulish ꟉꟉ.


(IPA) Encloses IPA symbols to indicate that they have their canonical values. E.g. ⟦e⟧ is specifically a close-mid vowel, and not for example a mid vowel as the broader notation [e] might cover.


Doubling to iconically indicate greater fidelity.

(linguistics, epigraphy) May contrast with ⟨ ⟩ to distinguish ⟪original orthography⟫ from ⟨transliteration⟩, or the ⟪idiosyncratic spelling⟫ of a manuscript from the ⟨normalized orthography⟩ of the language.


(IPA) murmured phonation, breathy voice.


(phonetics) apical articulation. IPA ⟨◌̺⟩. Sometimes seen in what is otherwise largely IPA transcription.


(extIPA, on a coronal letter) Indicates an interdental consonant.

(extIPA, on a glottal letter) Indicates a bidental consonant.


E.g. dental ț, d̦, n̦, labiodental p̦ b̦ m̦.


(Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with "rising tone".


Used to create a hard-coded double underline/underscore.


(Greek numerals) In Byzantine Greek and in Coptic, multiplies the value of a digit by a thousand. E.g. β̿ (modern ͵β) '2,000'.


(IPA) Overstriking diacritic for a gutturalized (i.e. velarized, uvularized or pharyngealized) consonant or vowel, such as the 'emphatic' consonants of Arabic, or the 'dark l' (ɫ) of English.

a̴ ɑ̴ β̴ C̴ c̴ ʗ̴ ꝺ̴ ð̴ ə̴ g̴ ɡ̴ h̴ i̴ ɪ̴ ɿ̴ j̴ k̴ ᶅ̴ ɭ̴ ɬ̴ ɮ̴ ʎ̴ o̴ ɸ̴ ʀ̴ ɽ̴ ʂ̴ ʃ̴ ʇ̴ ʧ̴ θ̴ ɰ̴ u̴ ʊ̴ v̴ ʋ̴ x̴ χ̴ ʒ̴ ʔ̴ ʖ̴ ʴ̴ 𐞩̴


(romanization) used when transcribing Arabic to tie together the digraphs ⟨d͟h, d͟j, g͟h, k͟h, s͟h, t͟h⟩ for ذ (ḏ), ج (j), غ (ḡ), خ (ḵ), ش (š), ث (ṯ).


(romanization) used to create the letter ⟨ḫ⟩, used i.a. for Arabic خ (ḵ).


(Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with "middle tone".


(UPA) forward (fronted, advanced) articulation (pre-alveolar t, pre-velar k, fronted o, etc.); equivalent to IPA ⟨◌̟⟩.


(UPA) backed (retracted) articulation (post-alveolar t, post-velar k, backed e, etc.); equivalent to IPA ⟨◌̠⟩.


(UPA) Presumably a composite of ⟨◌͕⟩ advanced and ⟨˯⟩ derounded.


(UPA) Presumably a composite of ⟨◌͕⟩ advanced and ⟨˰⟩ compressed (?).


(UPA) long duration; equivalent to IPA ⟨◌ː⟩ (the longest of the three vowel lengths in Estonian).


(UPA) half-long vowel (e.g. a͐) or consonant (e.g. t͐) in systems that use ⟨◌̄⟩ for long; equivalent to IPA ⟨ˑ⟩.


(IPA) ⟨◌̝⟩ placed above a letter with a descender or another diacritic, e.g. [r̺᷵].


(IPA, rare) a falling-rising-falling tone.


A sharp sign, ⟨♯⟩, indicating high pitch.

John Peabody Harrington
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(phonetics, rare) A transcription convention of John Peabody Harrington for extra stress.


(phonetics) ellipsis of the feature conveyed by a diacritic.


When doubled,⟨◌᪹᪹⟩, the two strokes should join at the top, looking somewhat like "˩˥".

(Teuthonista) centralized, equivalent to IPA ⟨◌̈⟩.


(Teuthonista) sources are inconsistent on whether this is more or less centralized than ⟨◌᪹⟩. If more, it is equivalent to ⟨◌᪹᪹⟩.


For example, ⟨ḁ᪽⟩ is a partially devoiced [a], and ⟨ã᪻⟩ a lightly nasalized [a].

(extIPA, Teuthonista) indicates that the quality imparted by a diacritic is weaker/lesser than normal.


For example, ⟨ḁ᫃⟩ is an [a] that is partially devoiced at the onset, perhaps because it's at the beginning of an utterance or follows a voiceless consonant, while ⟨ã᫁⟩ a lightly nasalized at the onset, perhaps because it follows a nasal consonant or a nasal vowel in the preceding syllable.

(extIPA) partial application of the quality imparted by a diacritic at the beginning of the segment.


For example, ⟨ḁ᫄⟩ is an [a] that is partially devoiced at the end, perhaps because it's at the end of an utterance or precedes a voiceless consonant, while ⟨ã᫂⟩ a lightly nasalized at the end, perhaps because it precedes a nasal consonant or a nasal vowel in the following syllable.

(extIPA) partial application of the quality imparted by a diacritic at the end of the segment.


On the letter ⟨a⟩, it means the vowel is backed.

When doubled for intensity, the diacritics are adjacent: ⟨◌᪸⟩.

(Teuthonista) open/lowered, equivalent to IPA ⟨◌̞⟩.

(IPA, obsolete) open/lowered, equivalent to modern ⟨◌̞⟩.


a᪱

(Teuthonista) The diacritic is found only on the vowel ⟨a᪱⟩, which indicates a rounded ⟨ä⟩ (rounded [æ]) and is equivalent to IPA ⟨ɶ⟩.


Dates at least to Lepsius for palatalized post-alveolar (i.e. alveopalatal).

(Lepsius, Teuthonista) Combined with sibilant letters to indicate a sibilant fricative or affricate between post-alveolar and palatal (i.e. alveopalatal) in articulation.


(IPA, rare) A very high pitch, higher than ⟨◌̋⟩; or, a high contour tone, rising from [◌́] to [◌̋] or falling from [◌̋] to [◌́].


Possibly the IPA practice of doubling a diacritic to indicate greater intensity, in this case the diacritic for creaky voice, ⟨◌̰⟩.

(phonetics) marks the strident vowels of Khoisan languages.


(UPA, obsolete) Used to break diphthongs, as in ⟨he᷼äm⟩.


(Teuthonista) a lightly rolled trill. Found on alveolar ⟨ r⃨ ⟩ and uvular ⟨ʀ⃨⟩ (IPA ⟨[r̆]⟩ and ⟨[ʀ̆]⟩).


ⸯ

paerok, a scribal mark used to replace a jer, or to break up consonant clusters.


punctus interrogativus
punctus interrogativus#English

punctus percontativus
punctus percontativus

(medieval texts) punctus interrogativus, a question mark, in late texts specifically marking questions that expect an answer, as opposed to the punctus percontativus ⟨⸮⟩ used to mark rhetorical questions.


(late medieval texts) A punctus exclamativus a.k.a. punctus admirativus, an exclamation mark.


(medieval texts) paragraphus, marks the beginning of a section of text.


punctus elevatus
punctus elevatus#English

(medieval texts) punctus elevatus, a common punctuation for sentence-medial pauses.


(medieval texts) marks the end of a comma, a rhetorical unit.


(late medieval texts) A form of the virgula suspensiva (the solidus), marking a disjunction or pause in a text greater than that of the ordinary virgula suspensiva but less than that of the punctus elevatus.


(medieval Norse editorial marks) Used in pairs to mark ⸠deletions⸡ in the manuscript; (in reverse order) to mark spurious ⸡repetitions⸠.


Saurona

Named in 2023 after the fictional Sauron, the villain from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, likening his all-seeing eye to the eye pattern on the butterfly's wings.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


(phonetics, dated) A common ad hoc remedy for the lack of type for phonetic symbols on manual typewriters. A letter with the approximate sound would be typed, then the writer would hit backspace and overstrike a solidus on the letter.


(phonetics, dated) A common ad hoc remedy for the lack of type for phonetic symbols on manual typewriters. A letter with the approximate sound would be typed, then the writer would hit backspace and overstrike either with a hyphen (for a narrow letter) or with an underscore after scrolling the paper upward half a line (for a wide letter).


d̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for d-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ð⟩.


b̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for b-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨β⟩.


g̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for g-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ɣ⟩.


p̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for p-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ɸ⟩.


(palaeography) Used in the margin as a highlighter mark.


Transliteration in Latin script of the Kharoshthi diacritic ⟨◌𐨍⟩.


(IPA) The more-rounded diacritic ⟨◌̹⟩ on a letter with a descender, such as ⟨y͗⟩.


(IPA) The less-rounded diacritic ⟨◌̜⟩ on a letter with a descender, such as ⟨y͑⟩.


(IPA) The hook tail that is characteristic of a retroflex consonant.


(International Phonetic Alphabet) The ⟨j⟩-like hook tail that is characteristic of old-fashioned IPA palatalized and prevelar consonants.


(music) A fermata note. E.g. fermata ⟨♩͒⟩ is held longer than an unmarked quarter note ⟨♩⟩.


(comics) Sweat droplets that appear in-front of a character's face when stressed, working hard or tired.


“And if you, the doctors, want to remain free * * * you must be alert, aggressive citizens, ready to defend what America has given us,” he said.

1951 February, “1951 Objectives for Medicine”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2 (overall work in English), Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 91:

(rare) Used to substitute parts of a quotation that are deliberately omitted.


Used to divide a larger section into subsections.


(comics, animation) Used to indicate a person or animal has dashed away.


(comics, animation) Appears around—or above—the head of a character when dizzy, intoxicated, ill or otherwise disoriented.


(typography) Introduces items in a list.