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( U+0028, (
LEFT PARENTHESIS
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[U+0027]
Basic Latin )
[U+0029]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

(

  1. Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
  2. Used in ( ).

Symbol

(

  1. (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.

Synonyms

See also

  • to (Lojban)

Punctuation

Chinese

Punctuation mark

(

  1. used in ( )
  2. (Internet slang, by extension) Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses …… (which can be read as indecisiveness) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence.
    確實如此,然而(
    I mean that's true, but (you know

Japanese

Punctuation mark

(

  1. Used in ( ).