Names of Punctuation Marks on a QWERTY Keyboard
AmE means American English, and BrE means British English.
| Punctuation mark | Name |
|---|---|
| ~ | tilde |
| ! | exclamation point (AmE) / exclamation mark (BrE) |
| @ | at sign / at symbol |
| # | hash / pound sign / number sign |
| $ | dollar sign |
| % | percent sign |
| ^ | caret |
| & | ampersand / and sign |
| * | asterisk |
| ( ) | parenthesis (AmE) / bracket (BrE) / round bracket (BrE) |
| - | hyphen / minus sign |
| + | plus sign |
| ` | backtick/backquote/grave |
| _ | underscore |
| = | equal sign (AmE) / equals sign (BrE) |
| { } | brace / curly bracket |
| | | verticle bar / pipe |
| [ ] | square bracket |
| \ | backslash |
| : | colon |
| " | double quote / double quotation mark |
| ; | semicolon |
| ' | apostrophe / single quote / single quotation mark |
| < | less-than sign |
| > | greater-than sign |
| ? | question mark |
| , | comma |
| . | period (AmE) / full stop (BrE) |
| / | slash / forward slash |
Reference: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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