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Symbol
The most common
Note: the followings are scripts instead of languages.
script | comma | full stop / period | question mark | exclamation mark | parentheses | colon | semicolon |
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،
common ⹁ Sindhi |
.
common ۔ Urdu |
؟ | ! | (…) | : | ؛ |
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, | ։ | ՞ | ՜ | (…) | ․ | ; |
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꛵ | ꛳ | ꛷ | ! | (…) | ꛴ | ꛶ |
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, | ।
common . alternative |
? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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, | . | ? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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, | ।
common . Marathi |
? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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, | . | ; | ! | (…) | : | ‧ |
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፣ | ። | ፧ | ! | (…) | ፥ | ፤ |
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, | 。 | ? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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、
vertical; horizontal Jichishō standard , horizontal Monbushō standard |
。 | ? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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,
horizontal 、 vertical |
. | ? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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, | . | ?
common ¿…? Spanish, Catalan |
!
common ¡…! Spanish, Catalan |
(…) | : | ; |
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, | .
new ෴ old |
? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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(none) | (space) | ? | ! | (…) | : | ; |
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,
new ꘍ old |
.
new ꘎ old |
꘏ | ꘎꘎ | (…) | : | ; |
Note:
- Punctuation in Han and Japanese are full-width
- Some symbols look the same, but they have different Unicode codes.
Quotation marks
language | primary | secondary | spacing | ||
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‘…’ | “…” | English: 1–2 pt
Welsh: 1–2 pt | ||
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“…” | ‘…’ | English: 1–2 pt
Chinese: fullwidth Irish: 1–2 pt | ||
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“…” | ||||
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“…”
„…” |
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”…” | ’…’ | |||
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”…”
„…” |
’…’ | |||
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„…” | ‚…’ | |||
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„…” | ’…’ | |||
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„…” | ‘…’ | |||
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„…” | «…» | none | ||
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„…” | »…« | |||
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„…” | »…« | |||
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„…“ | ‚…‘ | |||
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„…“ | ’…’
‘…’ |
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„…“ | ’…‘ | |||
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„…“ | ‘…’ | |||
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„…“ | Georgian: none | |||
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«…» | ‹…› | |||
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«…» | “…”
«…» |
¼ em | ||
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«…» | “…” | Catalan: none | ||
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«…» | „…“ | Russian: none
Ukranian: none | ||
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«…» | “…”
‘…’ |
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«…» | ‘…’ | |||
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«…» | ’…’ | |||
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«…» | Arabic: optional | |||
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《…》 |
〈…〉 |
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»…«
"…" |
›…‹
‚…‘ |
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「…」 「…」 |
『…』 『…』 |
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《…》 | 〈…〉 | |||
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lu … li'u |
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark
Decimal separator
punctuation | . | · | , | ٫ |
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country or region |
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punctuation | . | , | ٫ |
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constructed language |
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
Digit group delimiter
punctuation | , | . | ' | (space) |
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country or region |
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
Usage
Space
to separate words | to separate sentences | to separate syllables | |
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■ | ||
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■ | ||
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■ | ||
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Comma
to separate a series of words, phrases or clauses | to form a compound sentence | to introduce a quote | ||
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■ | ■ | ■ | |
Enumeration comma
to separate words in a list | |||
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Period
Question mark
to indicate a direct question | |
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■ |
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□ |
Exclamation mark
to indicate an exclamation | to indicate a command | to be used with imperative mood | ||
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■ | ■ | ||
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■ | ■ | ||
Quotation marks
to indicate direct speech | to indicate special meaning | |
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■ | ■ |
Colon
to indicate a series of words | to indicate description | to indicate explanation | to indicate definition | |
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■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
Semicolon
to separate two series of words or phrases | to separate two closely related independent clauses | |||
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■ | ■ | ||
Hyphen
to form a compound word | to connect letters in spelling | to connect groups of digit in a nominal number | to form an interrupted word | ||
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■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | |
En dash
to indicate a range of number | to separate two scores in a game | |||
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■ | ■ | ||
Em dash
to further explain a word, phrase or clause | to express an opinion in a sentence | ||
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■ | ■ | |
Wave dash
to indicate a range of number | |||
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■ | ||
Ellipse
to indicate omission of quote | to indicate omission of a series of word | to indicate intermittent speech | |||
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■ | ■ | ■ | ||
Round brackets
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Square brackets
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Curly brackets
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Angle brackets
to indicate a title | |||
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Lenticular brackets
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Hex brackets
to indicate the serial number of an official document | to indicate the nationality or dynasty of the author | ||
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■ | ■ | |
Slash
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Apostrophe
to indicate omission of letters | to indicate possessive case | to separate morphemes | to indicate elision | to indicate a glottal stop | to indicate palatalisation or non-palatalisation | |||
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■ | ■ | ||||||
Interpunct
to separate syllables in confusion | to distinguish specific graphemes | to separate words of foreign proper names | to separate a series of words | ||
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■ | ||||
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■ | ||||
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■ | ■ | |||
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■ | ||||
Musical note
to indicate singing | ||
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■ | |