Row 1 (top row – shift digits)
~ tilde
` back quote or grave accent or back tic
! exclamation point or bang or pling
@ at sign
# pound sign or hash sign or octothorp
$ dollar sign
% percent sign
^ circumflex or caret
& ampersand or “and” sign
* asterisk, splat, or star
( left parenthesis or open paren
) right parenthesis or close paren
– dash or minus sign
_ underscore or underline
+ plus sign
= equal sign
Row 2
{ left curly bracket or left brace
} right curly bracket or right brace
[ left square bracket
] right square bracket
| vertical bar or pipe sign
vertical bar is often broken in the middle
\ back slash
Row 3
: colon
; semi-colon
“ quotation marks or double quotes
‘ apostrophe or single quote
Row 4
< left angle bracket or less than sign
> right angle bracket or greater than sign
, comma
. period or dot
? question mark
/ slash or forward slash
Look-up by punctuation name (alphabetical)
ampersand &
and sign &
angle brackets <>
apostrophe ‘ (usually on same key as “ )
asterisk *
at sign @
back quote ` (usually on same key as tilde ~ )
back tic ` (usually on same key as tilde ~ )
back slash \
bang !
braces { }
brackets [ ]
caret ^
circumflex ^
closing angle bracket >
closing brace }
closing curly bracket }
closing parenthesis )
closing square bracket ]
colon :
comma ,
curly braces { }
dash –
dollar sign $
dot .
double quotes “
equal sign =
exclamation point !
forward slash /
grave accent ` (usually on same key as tilde ~ )
greater than sign >
hash sign #
left angle bracket < left brace {
left curly bracket {
left parenthesis (
left square bracket [
less than sign <
minus sign –
octothorp#
open angle bracket <
open brace {
open curly bracket {
open parenthesis (
open square bracket [
parentheses ( )
percent sign %
period .
pipe sign |
pipe sign is often broken in the middle
pling !
plus sign +
pound sign #
question mark ?
quotation marks “
right angle bracket >
right brace }
right curly bracket }
right parenthesis )
right square bracket ]
semi-colon ;
single quote ‘ (usually on same key as “ )
slash /
splat *
square brackets [ ]
star *
tilde ~
underline _
underscore _
vertical bar |
vertical bar is often broken in the middle