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Semicolon

Semi-Colon

Punctuation mark typically used to separate clauses or list items, also used as a question mark in some languages.

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Statements about Semicolon

Unicode Character

;

Instance Of

Unicode Character
Follows
:
:
Followed By
:
Less-Than Sign

Discoverer or Inventor

Aldus Manutius

Image

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Depicted By

;
﹔
︔

Part Of

Emoticon
Nature of Statement
:
Sometimes

Described by Source

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112801837

Has Use

Delimiter
Applies to Part
:
Independent Clause
Question
Applies to Part
:
Modern Greek
Applies to Part
:
Church Slavonic
Program Comment
Applies to Part
:
Assembly Language
Applies to Part
:
INI File
Covariant Derivative

Subclass Of

Punctuation Mark

Different From

; (U+037E)
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Greek Alphabet
Criterion Used
:
Homoglyph
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