de

(radio slang) from (operator), this is (operator)


es

WX HR COLD ES RAINY


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

punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock

Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.

(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!"
Character #2: "!"

! [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.


If you want to take this boy on, do it on the Go board. I'll teach him a lesson. Play a game! ♡

2004, Hikaru no Go volume #2 (English release), Viz, page 14

(manga) An emoticon indicating a smooth tone of voice, implying happiness, love, lust.


Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes

Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe

I hope D—ds—y will look to theſe literal Errors, he being the only one of the Trade I can venture to truſt.

1748, a Lady, in a Letter to her Friend in the Country, A Free Comment on the Late Mr. W—g—n’s Apology for His Conduct; Which Clears Up the Obscurities of That Celebrated Posthumous Work, and Dissipates the Clouds in Which the Author Has Thought Proper to Envelope His Meaning (in English), London: […] W. Webb, page 15:

(dated, fiction) Used to replace part or all of a person's name, a place name, a date, or so forth.


K

From the Etruscan letter 𐌊 (k, “ka”), from the Ancient Greek letter Κ (K, “kappa”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kap”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧.


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 quaestiō (“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.


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† (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


mayday

Borrowed from French m'aider, short for Venez m'aider! or Viens m'aider! (“Come help me!”).

'Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!' came the call.

2004, Ken Wishaw, Helicopter Rescue: The true story of Australia's first full-time chopper doctor, page 82:


QTC

(radio slang, question) How many telegrams (messages) have you to send?

(radio slang, statement) I have ... telegrams (messages) for you (or for ...).


used when omitting a section in quoted text

(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.


CQ

From French sécurité. It is often (incorrectly) believed to come from English seek you.

(radio slang) General call; calling all stations.


pan-pan

From English pan-pan, from French panne (“breakdown”).

(radio slang) minor emergency requiring some assistance, not life-threatening


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.

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


(printing) abbreviation of trigesimo-secundo, book and paper size, (3.75"-5" x 2.5"-3.125"


(printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, a book size using duodecimo-sized pages.


QSR

(radio slang, question) Do you want me to repeat my call?

(radio slang, statement) Please repeat your call; I did not hear you.


QSO

(radio abbreviation, question) Can you communicate with ... direct or by relay?

(radio abbreviation, statement) I can communicate with ... direct (or by relay through ...).

(radio jargon, noun) A two-way amateur radio contact.


QSS

(radio slang, question) What working frequency will you use?

(radio slang, statement) I will use the working frequency ... kHz (or MHz).


QSG

(radio slang, question) Shall I send ... telegrams (messages) at a time?

(radio slang, statement) Send ... telegrams (messages) at a time.


ـ

(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.


(typography) Introduces items in a list.


(typography) The Arabic star, used like an asterisk


hyphen-minus, a catch-all character for various dash and dash-like characters

(poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨⏑‒⟩ iamb, ⟨‒⏑⟩ trochee, ⟨‒‒⟩ spondee.


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

Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum


★ (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”)


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


4º

(printing) Abbreviation of quarto, a standard size range for books, corresponding to the paper size.


6º

(printing) Abbreviation of sexto, a book size using duodecimo-sized pages.


8º

(printing) Abbreviation of octavo, a book size using octavo-sized pages.


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.


QRA

(radio slang, question) What is the name (or call sign) of your station?

(radio slang, statement) The name (or call sign) of my station is ...


(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.


ulx

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


QRG

(radio slang, question) Will you tell me my exact frequency (or that of ...)?

(radio slang, statement) Your exact frequency (or that of ... ) is ... kHz (or MHz).


QRH

(radio slang, question) Does my frequency vary?

(radio slang, statement) Your frequency varies.


QRI

(radio slang, question) How is the tone of my transmission?

(radio slang, statement) The tone of your transmission is (1. Good; 2. Variable; 3. Bad)


QRJ

(radio slang, question) How many voice contacts do you want to make?

(radio slang, statement) I want to make ... voice contacts.


QRK

(radio slang, question) What is the readability of my signals (or those of ...)?

(radio slang, statement) The readability of your signals (or those of ...) is ... (1 to 5).


QRL

(radio slang, statement) I am busy. (or I am busy with ... ) Please do not interfere.


QRN

(radio slang, question) Are you troubled by static?

(radio slang, statement) I am troubled by static.


QRO

(radio slang, question) Shall I increase power?

(radio slang, statement) Increase power.


QRP

(radio slang, question) Shall I decrease power?

(radio slang, statement) Decrease power.


QRQ

(radio slang, question) Shall I send faster?

(radio slang, statement) Send faster (... wpm)


QRS

(radio slang, question) Shall I send more slowly?

(radio slang, statement) Send more slowly (... wpm)


QRT

(radio slang, question) Shall I stop sending?


QRU

(radio slang, question) Do you have anything for me?

(radio slang, statement) I have nothing for you.


QRW

(radio slang, question) Shall I inform ... that you are calling him on ... kHz (or MHz)?

(radio slang, statement) Please inform ... that I am calling him on ... kHz (or MHz).


QRX

(radio slang, question) When will you call me again?

(radio slang, statement) I will call you again at ... (hours) on ... kHz (or MHz)


QRZ

(radio slang, question) Who is calling me?

(radio slang, statement) You are being called by ... on ... kHz (or MHz)


QSA

(radio slang, question) What is the strength of my signals (or those of ... )?

(radio slang, statement) The strength of your signals (or those of ...) is ... (1 to 5).


QSB

(radio slang, question) Are my signals fading?

(radio slang, statement) Your signals are fading.


QSD

(radio slang, question) Is my keying defective?

(radio slang, statement) Your keying is defective.


QSK

(radio slang, question) Can you hear me between your signals?

(radio slang, statement) I can hear you between my signals.


QSL

A Q code. QRA–QUZ were first defined by the Washington 1927 ITU Radio Regulations.

(radio slang, question) Can you acknowledge receipt?

(radio slang, statement) I acknowledge receipt.


QSM

(radio slang, question) Shall I repeat the last telegram (message) which I sent you, or some previous telegram (message)?

(radio slang, statement) Repeat the last telegram (message) which you sent me (or telegram(s) (message(s)) numbers(s) ...).


QSN

(radio slang, question) Did you hear me (or ... (call sign)) on .. kHz (or MHz)?

(radio slang, statement) I did hear you (or ... (call sign)) on ... kHz (or MHz).


QSP

(radio slang, question) Will you relay a message to ...?

(radio slang, statement) I will relay a message to ... .


QST

(radio slang, statement) Here is a broadcast message to all amateurs.


QSU

(radio slang, question) Shall I send or reply on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz))?

(radio slang, statement) Send or reply on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz)).


QSW

(radio slang, question) Will you send on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz))?

(radio slang, statement) I am going to send on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz)).


QSX

(radio slang, question) Will you listen to ... (call sign(s) on ... kHz (or MHz))?

(radio slang, statement) I am listening to ... (call sign(s) on ... kHz (or MHz))


QSY

(radio slang, question) Shall I change to transmission on another frequency?

(radio slang, statement) Change to transmission on another frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz)).


QSZ

(radio slang, question) Shall I send each word or group more than once?

(radio slang, statement) Send each word or group twice (or ... times).


QTA

(radio slang, question) Shall I cancel telegram (message) number ... as if it had not been sent?

(radio slang, statement) Cancel telegram (message) number ... as if it had not been sent.


QTH

(radio slang, question) What is your position in latitude and longitude (or according to any other indication)?

(radio slang, statement) My position is ... latitude...longitude


QTR

(radio slang, question) What is the correct time?

(radio slang, statement) The correct time is ... hours.


QTU

(radio slang, question) At what times are you operating?

(radio slang, statement) I am operating from ... to ... hours.


QTX

(radio slang, question) Will you keep your station open for further communication with me until further notice (or until ... hours)?

(radio slang, statement) I will keep my station open for further communication with you until further notice (or until ... hours).


QUA

(radio slang, question) Have you news of ... (call sign)?

(radio slang, statement) Here is news of ... (call sign).


QUC

(radio slang, question) What is the number (or other indication) of the last message you received from me (or from ... (call sign))?

(radio slang, statement) The number (or other indication) of the last message I received from you (or from ... (call sign)) is ...


QUD

(radio slang, question) Have you received the urgency signal sent by ... (call sign of mobile station)?

(radio slang, statement) I have received the urgency signal sent by ... (call sign of mobile station) at ... hours.


QUE

(radio slang, question) Can you speak in ... (language), - with interpreter if necessary; if so, on what frequencies?

(radio slang, statement) I can speak in ... (language) on ... kHz (or MHz).


QUF

(radio slang, question) Have you received the distress signal sent by ... (call sign of mobile station)?

(radio slang, statement) I have received the distress signal sent by ... (call sign of mobile station) at ... hours.


(typography) an unfilled bullet point; used to introduce and list items.


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:


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

commonly used to display vowel diacritics for Arabic


(printing) Abbreviation of sextodecimo, a book size using sextodecimo-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of octodecimo, a book size using octodecimo-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of vicesimo-quarto, a book size using vicesimo-quarto-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of quadragesimo-octavo, a book size using quadragesimo-octavo-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of sexagesimo-quarto, a book size using sexagesimo-quarto-sized pages.


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


(anime) A sweat droplet that appears in-front of a character's face when confused, embarrassed or irritated.


(anime, manga) Represents anger or frustration on a person's face.


(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.


(cartoons, comics) Represents a loss of money.


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


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( ) (English name parentheses or round brackets)

parentheses (English name)
round brackets (English name)

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


`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.


`lcub` `rcub`

(papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses writing by the original scribe that the editor considers erroneous.


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


`num` `num`

# Happy birthday to you. #

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


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 ⟨◌̄⟩.


`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.


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, 㪳, and 㫈. The radical is one single stroke, unlike 口 (a similar radical) which is 3 strokes.

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


(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⟩.


(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.


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.


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


(typography) the florette or rosette, a common fleuron


ꟈ

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


ꟊꟊ

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


(palaeography, Linear B) Delimiter for erased text.


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.


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.


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


(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.


[Title]

2023 October 20, “🔴 Live: Pro-Palestinian protests erupt across Arab world as aid remains stuck at Gaza border”, in France24 (in English):

A red Record light alerts both participants that recording is in progress.

2010, Robin Williams, John Tollett, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (in English), Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 182:

(cameras, television) Indicates a recording.


Hamburgevons

Hamburgefons (alternative)
Hamburgefonstiv (alternative)
Hamburgefönstiv (alternative)

(typography) A word of no meaning but containing all essential forms of the Latin alphabet, used for assessing the design and appearance of a typeface.


(poetry) alternative form of ˘ (unaccented syllable)


For example, the first stroke in 飞.

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


For example, the first stroke in 奊.

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


SRG SSR

(broadcasting) The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.


(computing, typography) is a non-breaking space and is a space character that prevents an automatic line break.

(computing, typography) Used as a graphics for control codes.


`num``num``num`

As a result of that Ministerial, the four Attorneys General – of the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – have jointly pledged to target MS-13.
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2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice (in English), page 2:

(journalism) Indicates the end of a story, article, or press release that is submitted for editing and typesetting.