exclamation mark

Summary

exclamation mark is an Unicode character^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,014 views/month, #2 of 359).^[2]

Key Facts

• exclamation mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[3].
• exclamation mark is a type of punctuation mark^[4].
• exclamation mark is a type of terminal punctuation^[5].
• exclamation mark is part of interrobang^[6].
• exclamation mark is used for emphasis^[7].
• exclamation mark is used for communication^[8].
• exclamation mark is used for notation^[9].
• exclamation mark is used for notation^[10].
• exclamation mark's Commons category is recorded as Exclamation marks^[11].
• exclamation mark is the opposite of inverted exclamation mark^[12].
• exclamation mark's Unicode character is recorded as !^[13].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ❕^[14].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ❗^[15].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as !^[16].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ﹗^[17].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ︕^[18].
• exclamation mark's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• exclamation mark's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as ᴉ^[21].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as interjection^[22].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as irony mark^[23].
• exclamation mark's homoglyph is recorded as inverted exclamation mark^[24].
• exclamation mark's homoglyph is recorded as ǃ^[25].
• exclamation mark's homoglyph is recorded as ‼^[26].
• exclamation mark's homoglyph is recorded as ‽^[27].

Body

Geography

exclamation mark is part of interrobang^[6].

Designation and Status

exclamation mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for exclamation mark include shebang^[28], a sequence^[29], founded in 1980^[30].

Why It Matters

exclamation mark ranks in the top 0.56% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,014 views/month, #2 of 359).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include shebang^[28], a sequence^[29], founded in 1980^[30].