Appendix G
General Purpose Symbols

1

,

comma

2

;

semicolon

3

:

colon

4

.

period

6

!

exclamation point

8

?

question mark

'

'  '

apostrophe

'''

...

ellipsis

-

-

hyphen

--

—

dash

----

——

double dash

.

.

decimal point (within a number)

/

/

fraction line (within a number)

dg

°

degrees

ft

′

single prime meaning foot or feet

m9

′

single prime meaning minutes of arc

@9

″

double prime meaning inches

sec

″

double prime meaning seconds of arc

8

"  "

opening double quotation mark

0

"  "

closing double quotation mark

,8

'  '

opening single quotation mark

0'

'  '

closing single quotation mark

7

(  )

opening or closing parenthesis

,7

[

opening bracket

7'

]

closing bracket

;8

‹

opening angle bracket

02

›

closing angle bracket

;7

{

opening brace

72

}

closing brace

@+

+

plus

@-

−

minus

@+-

±

plus or minus

@*

×

multiplication, times

./

÷

division

.k

=

equal

/.k

≠

not equal

.1

> 

greater than

"k

< 

less than

"1

:

ratio, is to

;2

::

proportion, as

@/

∵

because

,*

∴

therefore

_0

ø

null or empty set

@c

¢

cents

4

$

dollar sign before a number

@4

$

dollar sign elsewhere

l

£

pounds sterling sign before a number

@l

£

pounds sterling sign elsewhere

@e

€

euro

@y

¥

yen

@A

@

at sign (2007)

@&

&

ampersand

_?

#

crosshatch (2007)

_/

/

slash

_//

//

double slash

@3p

%

percent

99

*

asterisk

55

†

dagger

95

‡

double dagger

p>

¶

paragraph

s'

§

section

@\

|

vertical bar

\\

‖

double vertical bar

^C

©

copyright (2007)

^R

®

registered trademark (2007)

^T

™

trademark (2007)

@>

ü

check mark

"1

"

ditto

@8

?

question mark standing alone

_4

•

primary bullet (2011)

_9

◦

secondary bullet (2011)

$[33

f

left arrow

$33o

g

right arrow

$[33o

n

left and right arrow

$<33o

h

up arrow

$%33o

i

down arrow

$<[33o

o

up and down arrow

$^33o

k

northeast arrow

$;33o

m

southeast arrow

$^[33

j

northwest arrow

$;[33

l

southwest arrow

$[

< 

left arrowhead, derived from

$o

> 

right arrowhead, whence is derived

$[ @8

< ?

left arrowhead and question mark, source unknown

77

basic reference indicator

77#

numbered indicator

77l#

line number indicator

77;

lettered indicator

77a

asterisk

77_

color indicator, followed by letter denoting color

77d

dagger

77dd

double dagger

77h

highlight

77o

hollow dot

77i

italic

77q

question mark

77u

underline

;

letter indicator

#

number indicator

@

print symbol indicator

;

foreign language punctuation indicator (2011)

@

accent indicator

,

capital indicator

,,

double capital indicator

1

non-Latin letter indicator

;

non-Latin word indicator

;;

double non-Latin word indicator

,'

transcriber's note indicator (beginning and ending)

,'

termination indicator

$

(followed by letters) shape indicator

_%

begin Nemeth code indicator (2011)

_:

end Nemeth code indicator (2011)

.

italic indicator

..

double italic indicator

_.

boldface indicator

_..

double boldface indicator

._.

single boldface-italic indicator (2011)

._..

double boldface-italic indicator (2011)

_-

single-underline indicator (2011)

_7

double-underline indicator (2011)

_

(followed by letters) color indicator