Symbol table for programmers to read
| Symbol | English name | Chinese Name |
|---|---|---|
| . | period,dot,full stop | 英语句号或点 |
| , | comma | 逗号 |
| : | colon | 冒号 |
| ; | semicolon | 分号 |
| ? | question mark | 问号 |
| ! | exclamation mark | 感叹号 |
| ' | apostrophe | 撇号 |
| - | hyphen | 连字号 |
| -- | dash | 破折号 |
| ... | dots/ellipsis | 省略号 |
| " | single quotation marks | 单引号 |
| "" | double quotation marks | 双引号 |
| + | plus | 加号；正号 |
| - | minus | 减号；负号 |
| ± | plus or minus | 正负号 |
| × | is multiplied by | 乘号 |
| ÷ | is divided by | 除号 |
| ＝ | is equal to | 等于号 |
| ≠ | is not equal to | 不等于号 |
| ≡ | is equivalent to | 全等于号 |
| ≌ | is equal to or approximately equal to | 等于或约等于号 |
| ≈ | is approximately equal to | 约等于号 |
| ＜ | is less than | 小于号 |
| ＞ | is more than | 大于号 |
| ≮ | is not less than | 不小于号 |
| ≯ | is not more than | 不大于号 |
| ≤ | is less than or equal to | 小于或等于号 |
| ≥ | is more than or equal to | 大于或等于号 |
| % | per cent | 百分之… |
| ‰ | per mill | 千分之… |
| ∞ | infinity | 无限大号 |
| ∝ | varies as | 与…成比例 |
| √ | (square) root | 平方根 |
| ∵ | since; because | 因为 |
| ∴ | hence | 所以 |
| ∷ | equals,as (proportion) | 等于,成比例 |
| ∠ | angle | 角 |
| ⌒ | semicircle | 半圆 |
| ⊙ | circle | 圆 |
| ○ | circumference | 圆周 |
| π | pi | 圆周率 |
| △ | triangle | 三角形 |
| ⊥ | perpendicular to | 垂直于 |
| ∪ | union of | 并,合集 |
| ∩ | intersection of | 交,通集 |
| ∫ | the integral of | …的积分 |
| ∑ | (sigma) summation of | 总和 |
| ° | degree | 度 |
| ′ | minute | 分 |
| ″ | second | 秒 |
| ℃ | Celsius system | 摄氏度 |
| { | open brace,open curly | 左花括号 |
| } | close brace,close curly | 右花括号 |
| ( | open parenthesis,open paren | 左圆括号 |
| ) | close parenthesis,close paren | 右圆括号 |
| () | brakets/parentheses | 括号 |
| [ | open bracket | 左方括号 |
| ] | close bracket | 右方括号 |
| [] | square brackets | 方括号 |
| | | vertical bar,vertical virgule | 竖线 |
| & | ampersand,and,reference,ref | 和,引用 |
| * | asterisk,multiply,star,pointer | 星号,乘号,星,指针 |
| / | slash,divide,oblique | 斜线,斜杠,除号 |
| // | slash-slash,comment | 双斜线,注释符 |
| # | pound/hash | 井号 |
| \ | backslash,sometimes escape | 反斜线转义符,有时表示转义符或续行符 |
| ~ | tilde | 波浪符 |
| ~ | swung dash | 代字号 |
| § | section; division | 分节号 |
| → | arrow | 箭号；参见号 |