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For example, a H with a quarter circle over it, with the top of the H touching the quarter circle would be read as "Swinging H". "Rocking": a symbol above a quarter circle, the open side of the quarter circle facing the symbol, with the bottom of the symbol touching the quarter circle.
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks Symbol Unicode name of the symbol [a] Similar glyphs or concepts See also ́: Acute (accent) Apostrophe, Grave, Circumflex Aldus leaf: Dingbat, Dinkus, Hedera, Index: Fleuron: ≈: Almost equal to: Tilde, Double hyphen: Approximation, Glossary of mathematical symbols, Double tilde & Ampersand: plus sign
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
Hazard symbols; List of mathematical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) Glossary of mathematical symbols; List of physical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) List of common physics notations (typically letters used as variable names in equations) Rod of Asclepius / Caduceus as a symbol of medicine
Mineral symbols (text abbreviations) are used to abbreviate mineral groups, subgroups, and species, just as lettered symbols are used for the chemical elements. The first set of commonly used mineral symbols was published in 1983 and covered the common rock-forming minerals using 192 two- or three-lettered symbols. [ 1 ]
When this word is written, the 'house' hieroglyph is used as a phonetic symbol: Here, the 'house' glyph stands for the consonants pr . The 'mouth' glyph below it is a phonetic complement: it is read as r , reinforcing the phonetic reading of pr .
The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a complete list of all possible speech sounds in the world's languages, only those about which stand-alone articles exist in this encyclopedia.
The authors of textbooks or similar publications often create revised versions of the IPA chart to express their own preferences or needs. The image displays one such version. All pulmonic consonants are moved to the consonant chart. Only the black symbols are on the official IPA chart; additional symbols are in grey.