Accents
| ´ | acute, as in passé |
| ` | grave, as in à la mode |
| ˆ | circumflex, as in s’il vous plaît |
| ¸ | cedilla, as in Alençon |
| ˜ | tilde, as in São Paulo |
| ¨ | 1. dieresis, as in Lacoön 2. umlaut, as in Führer |
| ¯ | macron, as in Al-Minyā |
| ˘ | breve, as in Cetatea Albă |
| ˇ | háček, as in Dvořák |
| ’ | smooth breathing |
| ‘ | rough breathing |
| * | denoting a hypothetical or reconstructed form; used especially in etymologies |
Symbols and signs
| @ | 1. at … each; used in giving a price for each individual item (as in: 6 apples @ 50 cents will cost $3) 2. at; used in email addresses following the user name and before the domain name |
| & | ampersand, meaning and |
| &c | et cetera; and others; and so forth; and so on |
| ∴ | therefore |
| ′ | foot; feet (as in 6′ = six feet) |
| ″ | inch(es) (as in 6′2″ = six feet, two inches) |
| × | 1. by; used in stating dimensions (as in: a box that is 2m × 4m × 3m) 2. a sign (the cross) made in place of a signature by a person who cannot write, as in his John × Jones mark |
| % | per cent |
| ‰ | per thousand |
| < | less than |
| > | more than |
| # | number |
| ∞ | infinity |
| ♠ | spade (suit in cards) |
| ♣ | club (suit in cards) |
| ♥ | heart (suit in cards) |
| ♦ | diamond (suit in cards) |
| © | copyright; copyrighted |
| ® | registered; registered trademark |
| ™ | trademark |
| ¶ | paragraph mark |
| § | section mark |
| “ | ditto |
| * | asterisk |
| … | ellipsis; used to show the omission of words, letters, etc. |
| † | dagger; used to refer to explanatory matter at bottom of text page |
| ‡ | double dagger; used for the same purpose as the dagger but for different items |
| /, s | shillings |
| d | pence |
| £ | pounds |
| $ | dollars |
| ¢ | cents |
| € | euros |
| ¥ | yen |
| ♀ | female |
| ♂ | male |