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

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