Signs & Their Name, Meaning

Are you searching for the name of a specific symbol or sign? Did you happen to come across a symbol or sign while browsing through the internet or while reading a book/note/any other publication? Are you trying to find the name of that specific symbol or sign? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I’ve compiled a list of some of the most-used symbols and their names.

Signs & Their Name, Meaning

In this post, readers will find the following details –

  • List of commonly used symbols & signs
  • Name of the symbol or sign

 

Also check – At symbol

 

After going through this list, readers will be able to identify a symbol or sign and find its name as well as meaning. If you are struggling to find the name of a symbol that you’ve recently come across, this post will help you identify the said symbol and help you find its name.

 

Let us check out the list of symbols or signs and their names now. Here’s the list –

 

Signs & their name, meaning

In the next section, readers will find the list of commonly used signs/symbols. Against the name of each symbol, you’ll find its name. Readers may even refer the table-of-content (provided above), find the relevant symbol, and click on it. You will be taken to the relevant cell on the table. Against the name of the sign/symbol, you will find its name.

 

Let us check out the table now. Here it is –

Sr NoSign or symbolName of the sign or symbol
1

& sign name & meaning

And/Ampersand
2

‘ sign name & meaning

Apostrophe
3

* sign name & meaning

Asterisk
4

\ sign name & meaning

Backslash
5

| sign name & meaning

Bar
6

● sign name & meaning

Bullet
7

: sign name & meaning

Colon
8

, sign name & meaning

Comma
9

© sign name & meaning

Copyright symbol
10

{ } sign name & meaning

Curly brackets
11

… sign name & meaning

Ellipsis
12

! sign name & meaning

Exclamation mark
13

. sign name & meaning

Full stop
14

« » sign name & meaning

Guillemet (used as quotation mark)
15

# sign name & meaning

Hash
16

– sign name & meaning

Hyphen
17

¡ sign name & meaning

Inverted exclamation mark
18

¿ sign name & meaning

Inverted question mark
19

( ) sign name & meaning

Parentheses
20

% sign name & meaning

Percent
21

¶ sign name & meaning

Pilcrow/Paragraph
22

? sign name & meaning

Question mark
23

” “ sign name & meaning

Quotation mark
24

® sign name & meaning

Registered trademark
25

; sign name & meaning

Semicolon
26

/ sign name & meaning

Slash
27

[ ] sign name & meaning

Square bracket
28

™ sign name & meaning

Trademark symbol
29

_ sign name & meaning

Underscore
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