Symbol |
English name |
Chinese name |
~ |
Tilde or swung dash |
Wave character or tilde |
! |
Exclamation mark |
Exclamation |
@ |
At sign or commercial at |
An AI or a little mouse |
# |
Number sign |
Well number |
$ |
Dollar sign |
Dollar symbol |
% |
Percent Sign |
Percent Sign |
^ |
Caret |
Off character |
& |
Ampersand |
and the character |
* |
Asterisk |
Asterisk |
() |
Parentheses, round brackets, soft brackets, or circle brackets |
parentheses, parentheses |
[] |
Brackets (US), square brackets, closed brackets or hard brackets |
Brackets, square brackets |
{} |
Braces (UK and US), French brackets, curly brackets |
Curly braces, curly braces |
<> |
Angle brackets or chevrons |
Angle brackets |
_ |
Underscore |
Underline |
+ |
PLUS sign |
Plus |
− |
Minus sign |
Minus sign |
= |
equals sign |
Equals |
< |
Less-than Sign |
Less than sign |
> |
Greater-than Sign |
Greater than sign |
. |
Period, full stop or dot |
Period, point |
, |
Comma |
Comma |
: |
Colon |
Colon |
; |
Semicolon |
Semicolon |
? |
Question mark |
Question mark |
- |
Hyphen |
Hyphens |
... |
Ellipsis |
Ellipsis |
– |
Dash |
Dash |
/ |
Slash, forward slash |
Slash |
\ |
Backslash |
Reverse Slash |
| |
Vertical bar |
Vertical |
“"
|
Quotation mark |
Double quotes |
‘ |
Apostrophe |
Single quotes, omitting symbols |
' Inverted single quotation mark is below ESC
Punctuation on the keyboard in Chinese and English names comparison table