the Keyboard Characters and their Names

 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