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 (2,136 views/month, #2 of 359).^[2]

Key Facts

• exclamation mark's image is recorded as Bang.svg^[3].
• exclamation mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[4].
• exclamation mark's subclass of is recorded as punctuation mark^[5].
• exclamation mark's subclass of is recorded as terminal punctuation^[6].
• exclamation mark's part of is recorded as interrobang^[7].
• exclamation mark's has use is recorded as emphasis^[8].
• exclamation mark's has use is recorded as communication^[9].
• exclamation mark's has use is recorded as notation^[10].
• exclamation mark's has use is recorded as notation^[11].
• exclamation mark's Commons category is recorded as Exclamation marks^[12].
• exclamation mark's opposite of is recorded as inverted exclamation mark^[13].
• exclamation mark's Unicode character is recorded as !^[14].
• exclamation mark's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0269n84^[15].
• exclamation mark's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0155833^[16].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ❕^[17].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ❗^[18].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as !^[19].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ﹗^[20].
• exclamation mark's depicted by is recorded as ︕^[21].
• exclamation mark's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• exclamation mark's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• exclamation mark's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/exclamation-mark^[24].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as ᴉ^[25].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as interjection^[26].
• exclamation mark's different from is recorded as irony mark^[27].

Body

Geography

exclamation mark's part of is recorded as interrobang^[7].

Designation and Status

exclamation mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[4].

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 (2,136 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 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

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