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SEMICOLON]</small></div> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Unicode_0x003B.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Unicode_0x003B.svg/120px-Unicode_0x003B.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Unicode_0x003B.svg/180px-Unicode_0x003B.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Unicode_0x003B.svg/240px-Unicode_0x003B.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">;</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=003B">U+003B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#59;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">SEMICOLON</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/Colon" class="mw-redirect" title="Unsupported titles/Colon"><span title="COLON">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">:</span><br /><small>[U+003A]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Basic_Latin" title="Appendix:Unicode/Basic Latin">Basic Latin</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/Less_than" class="mw-redirect" title="Unsupported titles/Less than"><span title="LESS-THAN SIGN"><span class="character-sample-secondary None"><</span> →<br /><small>[U+003C]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r75637847">.mw-parser-output .character-sample{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;font-size:300%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1)}.mw-parser-output .character-sample>:only-child{display:block}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-primary{display:inline-table;min-width:1.1em;font-size:300%;line-height:110%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-secondary{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;text-align:center}</style> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Grek">;</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=037E">U+037E</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#894;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">GREEK QUESTION MARK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%CD%BD" title="ͽ"><span title="GREEK SMALL REVERSED DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Grek">ͽ</span><br /><small>[U+037D]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Greek_and_Coptic" title="Appendix:Unicode/Greek and Coptic">Greek and Coptic</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%CD%BF" title="Ϳ"><span title="GREEK CAPITAL LETTER YOT"><span class="character-sample-secondary Grek">Ϳ</span> →<br /><small>[U+037F]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"> <div class="NavFrame floatright" style="width:25em;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;margin-bottom:7px;font-size:100%;"> <div class="NavHead">Character variations</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">﹔</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FE54">U+FE54</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65108;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">SMALL SEMICOLON</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left">[unassigned: U+FE53]</td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%92" class="mw-redirect" title="﹒"><span title="SMALL FULL STOP">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹒</span><br /><small>[U+FE52]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Small_Form_Variants" title="Appendix:Unicode/Small Form Variants">Small Form Variants</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%95" class="mw-redirect" title="﹕"><span title="SMALL COLON"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹕</span> →<br /><small>[U+FE55]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">；</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FF1B">U+FF1B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65307;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%9A" class="mw-redirect" title="："><span title="FULLWIDTH COLON">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">：</span><br /><small>[U+FF1A]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms" title="Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%9C" class="mw-redirect" title="＜"><span title="FULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">＜</span> →<br /><small>[U+FF1C]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">︔</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FE14">U+FE14</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65044;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL SEMICOLON</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B8%93" class="mw-redirect" title="︓"><span title="PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COLON">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">︓</span><br /><small>[U+FE13]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Vertical_Forms" title="Appendix:Unicode/Vertical Forms">Vertical Forms</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B8%95" class="mw-redirect" title="︕"><span title="PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EXCLAMATION MARK"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">︕</span> →<br /><small>[U+FE15]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translingual">Translingual</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description">Description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A full stop (<span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60period%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`period`">.</a></span>) above a comma (<span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/,#Translingual" title=",">,</a></span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derives from the <i><a href="/wiki/punctus_versus" title="punctus versus">punctus versus</a></i>. </p><p>The Italian printer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldus_Manutius" class="extiw" title="w:Aldus Manutius">Aldus Manutius</a> established the practice of using the semicolon mark to separate words of opposed meaning, and to indicate interdependent statements. The earliest, general use of the semicolon in English was in 1591. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punctuation_mark">Punctuation mark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Punctuation mark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="mul">;</strong> (<i>English name</i> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/semicolon#English" title="semicolon">semicolon</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Indicates a pause longer than the <a href="/wiki/comma#English" title="comma">comma</a> and shorter than a <a href="/wiki/period#English" title="period">period</a>/<a href="/wiki/full_stop#English" title="full stop">full stop</a>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Separates items in a list where the list items themselves include commas.</span></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="mul">Guests at the summit included David Cameron, the British Prime Minister<b>;</b> Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor<b>;</b> and François Hollande, the French President.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Represents two <a href="/wiki/eye#English" title="eye">eyes</a> vertically aligned, the <a href="/wiki/lower#English" title="lower">lower</a> one <a href="/wiki/wink#English" title="wink">winking</a>, in order to form <a href="/wiki/emoticon#English" title="emoticon">emoticons</a>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/programming#Noun" title="programming">programming</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Marks the end of a <a href="/wiki/statement#English" title="statement">statement</a> in some programming languages.</span></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="None mention e-example" lang="mul"><code><?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'<b>;</b> ?></code></i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">speech therapy</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Used to separate the year and month of a child's age.</span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In French, all composite symbols (i.e. <i>;</i>, <i class="None mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/:#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/:">:</a></i>, <i class="None mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/!#Translingual" title="!">!</a></i> and <i class="None mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%3F#Translingual" title="?">?</a></i>) should be preceded by a <a href="/wiki/non-breaking_space" title="non-breaking space">non-breaking space</a>, except <i>!</i> and <i>?</i> in Canadian French, where no preceding space is needed.</li> <li>In Greek, this symbol is a question mark, and the role of semicolon is fulfilled by U+0387 <a href="/wiki/%C2%B7" title="·">·</a>, the <i class="Grek mention" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%89_%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1#Greek" title="άνω τελεία">άνω τελεία</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">áno teleía</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">upper stop</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Quotations">Quotations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Quotations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="see-cites">For quotations using this term, see <a href="/wiki/Citations:;#Translingual" title="Citations:;">Citations:;</a>.</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%26_;#Translingual" title="& ;">& ;</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon" title="w:Semicolon"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/15px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/23px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/30px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon" class="extiw" title="w:Semicolon">Semicolon</a></b> on Wikipedia.<span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon" class="extiw" title="w:Semicolon">Wikipedia </a></span></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/punctuation" title="punctuation">Punctuation</a></b> </p> <div style="font-size:smaller"> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/apostrophe" title="apostrophe">apostrophe</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%27#Translingual" title="'">'</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99#Translingual" title="’">’</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/curly_brackets" title="curly brackets">curly brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/brace" title="brace">braces</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60lcub%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`lcub`">{</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60rcub%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`rcub`">}</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/square_bracket" title="square bracket">square brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/bracket" title="bracket">brackets</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60lsqb%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`lsqb`">[</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60rsqb%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`rsqb`">]</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/colon" title="colon">colon</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/:#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/:">:</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/comma" title="comma">comma</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/,#Translingual" title=",">,</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/dash" title="dash">dashes</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%92#Translingual" title="‒">‒</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%93#Translingual" title="–">–</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%94#Translingual" title="—">—</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%95#Translingual" title="―">―</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ellipsis" title="ellipsis">ellipsis</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A6#Translingual" title="…">…</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/exclamation_mark" title="exclamation mark">exclamation mark</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/!#Translingual" title="!">!</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/fraction_slash" title="fraction slash">fraction slash</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%81%84#Translingual" title="⁄">⁄</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/guillemet" title="guillemet">guillemets</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%AB#Translingual" title="«">«</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%BB#Translingual" title="»">»</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%B9#Translingual" title="‹">‹</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%BA#Translingual" title="›">›</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/hyphen" title="hyphen">hyphen</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/-#Translingual" title="-">-</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%90#Translingual" title="‐">‐</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/interpunct" title="interpunct">interpunct</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%B7#Translingual" title="·">·</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/interrobang" title="interrobang">interrobang</a> <i><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">rare</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></i> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%BD#Translingual" title="‽">‽</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/bracket" title="bracket">brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/parenthesis" title="parenthesis">parentheses</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US, Canada</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/(#Translingual" title="(">(</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/)#Translingual" title=")">)</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/full_stop" title="full stop">full stop</a> or <a href="/wiki/period" title="period">period</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US, Canada</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60period%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`period`">.</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/question_mark" title="question mark">question mark</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%3F#Translingual" title="?">?</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/quotation_marks" title="quotation marks">quotation marks</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">formal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%98#Translingual" title="‘">‘</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99#Translingual" title="’">’</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9A#Translingual" title="‚">‚</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9C#Translingual" title="“">“</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9D#Translingual" title="”">”</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9E#Translingual" title="„">„</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/quotation_marks" title="quotation marks">quotation marks</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal<span class="ib-comma qualifier-comma">,</span> computing</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%22#Translingual" title=""">"</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%27#Translingual" title="'">'</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/semicolon" title="semicolon">semicolon</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><strong class="selflink">;</strong></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/slash" title="slash">slash</a> or <a href="/wiki/stroke" title="stroke">stroke</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">UK</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki//#Translingual" title="/">/</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/space" title="space">space</a> ( <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/Space#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/Space">] [</a></span> )</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancient_Greek">Ancient Greek</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ancient Greek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punctuation_mark_2">Punctuation mark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Punctuation mark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="grc">;</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/%3F" title="?">?</a> (the Greek question mark)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_2">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Greek_script" title="Appendix:Greek script">Greek-script</a> letters</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%91#Ancient_Greek" title="Α">Α</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="α">α</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%92#Ancient_Greek" title="Β">Β</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B2#Ancient_Greek" title="β">β</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%93#Ancient_Greek" title="Γ">Γ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B3#Ancient_Greek" title="γ">γ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%94#Ancient_Greek" title="Δ">Δ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B4#Ancient_Greek" title="δ">δ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%95#Ancient_Greek" title="Ε">Ε</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5#Ancient_Greek" title="ε">ε</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%96#Ancient_Greek" title="Ζ">Ζ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B6#Ancient_Greek" title="ζ">ζ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%97#Ancient_Greek" title="Η">Η</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B7#Ancient_Greek" title="η">η</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%98#Ancient_Greek" title="Θ">Θ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B8#Ancient_Greek" title="θ">θ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%99#Ancient_Greek" title="Ι">Ι</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%B9#Ancient_Greek" title="ι">ι</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9A#Ancient_Greek" title="Κ">Κ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BA#Ancient_Greek" title="κ">κ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9B#Ancient_Greek" title="Λ">Λ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BB#Ancient_Greek" title="λ">λ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9C#Ancient_Greek" title="Μ">Μ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BC#Ancient_Greek" title="μ">μ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9D#Ancient_Greek" title="Ν">Ν</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek" title="ν">ν</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9E#Ancient_Greek" title="Ξ">Ξ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BE#Ancient_Greek" title="ξ">ξ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9F#Ancient_Greek" title="Ο">Ο</a> <a href="/wiki/%CE%BF#Ancient_Greek" title="ο">ο</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A0#Ancient_Greek" title="Π">Π</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%80#Ancient_Greek" title="π">π</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A1#Ancient_Greek" title="Ρ">Ρ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%81#Ancient_Greek" title="ρ">ρ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A3#Ancient_Greek" title="Σ">Σ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%83#Ancient_Greek" title="σ">σ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ς">ς</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A4#Ancient_Greek" title="Τ">Τ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%84#Ancient_Greek" title="τ">τ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A5#Ancient_Greek" title="Υ">Υ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%85#Ancient_Greek" title="υ">υ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A6#Ancient_Greek" title="Φ">Φ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%86#Ancient_Greek" title="φ">φ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A7#Ancient_Greek" title="Χ">Χ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%87#Ancient_Greek" title="χ">χ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A8#Ancient_Greek" title="Ψ">Ψ</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%88#Ancient_Greek" title="ψ">ψ</a></span>, <span class="Grek" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A9#Ancient_Greek" title="Ω">Ω</a> <a href="/wiki/%CF%89#Ancient_Greek" title="ω">ω</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">non-Classical letters</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%9C#Ancient_Greek" title="Ϝ">Ϝ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%9D#Ancient_Greek" title="ϝ">ϝ</a></span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B6#Ancient_Greek" title="Ͷ">Ͷ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B7#Ancient_Greek" title="ͷ">ͷ</a></span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B0#Ancient_Greek" title="Ͱ">Ͱ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="ͱ">ͱ</a></span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%BA#Ancient_Greek" title="Ϻ">Ϻ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%BB#Ancient_Greek" title="ϻ">ϻ</a></span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%98#Ancient_Greek" title="Ϙ">Ϙ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%99#Ancient_Greek" title="ϙ">ϙ</a></span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B2#Ancient_Greek" title="Ͳ">Ͳ</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CD%B3#Ancient_Greek" title="ͳ">ͳ</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">punctuation</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="None" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%C2%B7#Ancient_Greek" title="·">·</a></span> <span class="None" lang="grc"><strong class="selflink">;</strong></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">diacritics</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/%E1%BE%BF#Ancient_Greek" title="᾿">᾿</a> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BF%BE#Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="῾">῾</a></span> <span class="None" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E2%97%8C%CC%81#Ancient_Greek" title="◌́">◌́</a></span> <span class="None" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E2%97%8C%CC%80#Ancient_Greek" title="◌̀">◌̀</a></span> <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BF%80#Ancient_Greek" title="῀">῀</a></span> <span class="None" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%C2%A8#Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="¨">¨</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greek">Greek</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="e-translation">Excuse me; where are the toilets<b>?</b></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>While there is a specific character for solely the Greek question mark (; – U+037E), the regular semicolon (U+003B) is preferred.</li> <li>In Greek, a semicolon is represented by <a href="/wiki/%C2%B7" title="·">·</a> (U+0387), named the <i class="Grek mention" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%89_%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1#Greek" title="άνω τελεία">άνω τελεία</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">áno teleía</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span 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title="wikipedia:Lhao Vo phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʔ/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="mhx">;</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/glottal_stop#English" title="glottal stop">glottal stop</a> with low lexical <a href="/wiki/tone#English" title="tone">tone</a>.</span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_3">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=;&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space. </p><p>Low tone is written <span style="white-space:nowrap">⟨<span class="None" lang="mhx"><a href="/wiki/%EA%9E%89#Lhao_Vo" title="꞉">꞉</a></span>⟩</span> with any other final. </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=;&oldid=82271782">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=;&oldid=82271782</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Character_boxes_with_images" 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