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Name and expression of math symbols

Sometimes it is very hard to remember the English name of math symbols. Here is a good talbe to help you remember.

Symbol

Name

symbol

Name

~

Tilde [‘tɪldə]

{

Left brace

`

Back quote

}

Right brace

!

Exclamation mark

[ˌeksklə’meɪʃn]

[

Left square bracket

[‘brækɪt]

@

At symbol

]

Right square bracket

#

Number,pound,hash

|

Bar

$

Dollar sign

/

Slash,stroke,solidus

%

Percent sign

\

Backslash

^

Caret

[‘kærət] 补注号

&

Ampersand [‘æmpərsænd]

:

Colon

,

Comma

;

Semi-colon

.

Period , full stop

*

Asterisk [‘æstərɪsk]

?

Question mark

(

Left parenthesis

[pə’renθəsɪs]

< 

Left angle bracket

)

Right parenthesis

> 

Right angle bracket

“

Quotation mark

=

Equal

‘

Apostrophe

[ə’pɑːstrəfi]

–

Hyphen, minus

[‘haɪfn]

+

Plus sign

_

Underscore,understrike

……

Ellipsis

—

Dash

 

Space

÷

Obelus

§

Section sign

•

bullet

™

Trademark(TMD)

®

Registered trademark

℠

Service mark

℗

Sound-recording copyright

※

Reference mark

‱

Basis point

Pilcrow

||

Pipe

◊

Lozenge 菱形

[‘lɑːzɪndʒ]

.^◡^.

Sweet smile

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