orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"

ampersand - a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)

angle bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') sometimes used to enclose textual material

apostrophe - the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

brace - either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

square bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

colon - a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

comma - a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

exclamation mark, exclamation point - a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation

hyphen, dash - a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

parenthesis - either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

full point, full stop, period, stop, point - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"

interrogation point, question mark - a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

inverted comma, quotation mark, quote - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

semicolon - a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

separatrix, virgule, solidus, slash, diagonal, stroke - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

swung dash - a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word