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| Symbol | Unicode | Hex Code | HTML Code | HTML Entity | CSS Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | U+02013 | – | – | – | \2013 | EN DASH |
| ! | U+00021 | ! | ! | ! | \0021 | EXCLAMATION MARK |
| ⁉ | U+02049 | ⁉ | ⁉ | None | \2049 | EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK |
| ª | U+000AA | ª | ª | ª | \00AA | FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR |
| ‒ | U+02012 | ‒ | ‒ | None | \2012 | FIGURE DASH |
| ⁚ | U+02059 | ⁙ | ⁙ | None | \2059 | FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION |
| ⁕ | U+02055 | ⁕ | ⁕ | None | \2055 | FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK |
| ⁜ | U+0205B | ⁛ | ⁛ | None | \205B | FOUR DOT MARK |
| ⁙ | U+02058 | ⁘ | ⁘ | None | \2058 | FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION |
| ⁄ | U+02044 | ⁄ | ⁄ | ⁄ | \2044 | FRACTION SLASH |
| ` | U+00060 | ` | ` | ` | \0060 | GRAVE ACCENT |
| ― | U+02015 | ― | ― | ― | \2015 | HORIZONTAL BAR |
| … | U+02026 | … | … | … | \2026 | HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS |
| ‐ | U+02010 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | \2010 | HYPHEN |
| ⁃ | U+02043 | ⁃ | ⁃ | ⁃ | \2043 | HYPHEN BULLET |
| ‧ | U+02027 | ‧ | ‧ | None | \2027 | HYPHENATION POINT |
| ‽ | U+0203D | ‽ | ‽ | None | \203D | INTERROBANG |
| ¡ | U+000A1 | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | \00A1 | INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK |
| ¿ | U+000BF | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | \00BF | INVERTED QUESTION MARK |
| ⁔ | U+02054 | ⁔ | ⁔ | None | \2054 | INVERTED UNDERTIE |
| { | U+0007B | { | { | { | \007B | LEFT BRACE |
| [ | U+0005B | [ | [ | [ | \005B | LEFT BRACKET |
| “ | U+0201C | “ | “ | “ | \201C | LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ( | U+00028 | ( | ( | ( | \0028 | LEFT PARENTHESIS |
| ‘ | U+02018 | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | \2018 | LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ⁅ | U+02045 | ⁅ | ⁅ | None | \2045 | LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL |
| ⁎ | U+0204E | ⁎ | ⁎ | None | \204E | LOW ASTERISK |
| º | U+000BA | º | º | º | \00BA | MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR |
| µ | U+000B5 | µ | µ | µ | \00B5 | MICRO SIGN |
| · | U+000B7 | · | · | · | \00B7 | MIDDLE DOT |
| ‑ | U+02011 | ‑ | ‑ | | \2011 | NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
| U+000A0 |   |   | | \00A0 | NON-BREAKING SPACE | |
| # | U+00023 | # | # | # | \0023 | NUMBER SIGN |
| ․ | U+02024 | ․ | ․ | None | \2024 | ONE DOT LEADER |
| ‾ | U+0203E | ‾ | ‾ | ‾ | \203E | OVERLINE |
| ‰ | U+02030 | ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | \2030 | PER MILLE SIGN |
| . | U+0002E | . | . | . | \002E | PERIOD |
| ′ | U+02032 | ′ | ′ | ′ | \2032 | PRIME |
| ⁘ | U+02057 | ⁗ | ⁗ | ⁗ | \2057 | QUADRUPLE PRIME |
| ⁈ | U+02048 | ⁈ | ⁈ | None | \2048 | QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK |
| ? | U+0003F | ? | ? | ? | \003F | QUESTION MARK |
| " | U+00022 | " | " | " | \0022 | QUOTATION MARK |
| ※ | U+0203B | ※ | ※ | None | \203B | REFERENCE MARK |
| ‶ | U+02036 | ‶ | ‶ | None | \2036 | REVERSED DOUBLE PRIME |
| ⁋ | U+0204B | ⁋ | ⁋ | None | \204B | REVERSED PILCROW SIGN |
| ‵ | U+02035 | ‵ | ‵ | ‵ | \2035 | REVERSED PRIME |
| ⁏ | U+0204F | ⁏ | ⁏ | ⁏ | \204F | REVERSED SEMICOLON |
| ‷ | U+02037 | ‷ | ‷ | None | \2037 | REVERSED TRIPLE PRIME |
| } | U+0007D | } | } | } | \007D | RIGHT BRACE |
| ] | U+0005D | ] | ] | ] | \005D | RIGHT BRACKET |