; U+003B,&#59; SEMICOLON ←: [U+003A] Basic Latin < → [U+003C]

Character variations

﹔ U+FE54,﹔ SMALL SEMICOLON [unassigned: U+FE53] ←﹒ [U+FE52] Small Form Variants ﹕ → [U+FE55]

； U+FF1B,； FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON ←： [U+FF1A] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＜ → [U+FF1C]

︔ U+FE14,︔ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL SEMICOLON ←︓ [U+FE13] Vertical Forms ︕ → [U+FE15]

A full stop (.) above a comma (,).

Derives from thepunctus versus.

The Italian printerAldus Manutius established the practice of using the semicolon mark to separate words of opposed meaning, and to indicate interdependent statements. The earliest, general use of the semicolon in English was in 1591.

; (English namesemicolon)

1. Substitutescoordinating conjunctions such asand,but, andfor. The pause is longer than thecomma but shorter than aperiod/full stop.

   Nothing is true; everything is permitted.

2. Separates items in a list where the list items themselves include commas.

   The facilities may be useon condition that your subscription is paid regularly; that youcarry out all necessary cleaning; that you undertake tomake good any damage;...

   Guests at the summit included David Cameron, the British Prime Minister; Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor; and François Hollande, the French President.

3. (archaic)Separates clauses with opposed meanings.
   • 1878, Thomas Rawson Birks,Commentary on the Book of Isaiah‎^[1] (in English), citing a quotation given byFranz Delitzsch, originally byF. W. Newmann, page247:

     The nameΘῖναι,Strabo,Σῖναι,Ptol.,Τζίνιτζα,Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynastyTsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom inShensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, andFeitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early asb.c. 897.

4. Represents twoeyes vertically aligned, thelower onewinking, in order to formemoticons.
5. (programming)Marks the end of astatement in some programming languages.

   <?php echo 'Hello world!'; ?>(PHP)

   printf("Hello world!");(C)

6. (speech therapy)Used to separate the year and month of a child's age.

• In French, all composite symbols (i.e.;,:,! and?) should be preceded by anon-breaking space, except! and? in Canadian French, where no preceding space is needed.
• In Greek, this symbol is a question mark, and the role of semicolon is fulfilled by U+0387·, theάνω τελεία(áno teleía,“upper stop”).

• For quotations using this term, seeCitations:;.

• & ;

• Semicolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

;

1. ? (the Greek question mark)

• (Greek-script letters)Α α,Β β,Γ γ,Δ δ,Ε ε,Ζ ζ,Η η,Θ θ,Ι ι,Κ κ,Λ λ,Μ μ,Ν ν,Ξ ξ,Ο ο,Π π,Ρ ρ,Σ σ ς,Τ τ,Υ υ,Φ φ,Χ χ,Ψ ψ,Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters)Ϝ(W)ϝ(w),Ͷͷ,Ͱ(H)ͱ(h),Ϻ(S)ϻ(s),Ϟϟ,Ϙ(Q)ϙ(q),Ͳ(S)ͳ(s)
• (punctuation)·;
• (diacritics)᾿῾◌́◌̀῀¨

;

1. ? (the Greek question mark)

   Με συγχωρείτε· πού είναι οι τουαλέτες;

   Me synchoreíte; poú eínai oi toualétes;

   Excuse me; where are the toilets?

• While there is a specific character for solely the Greek question mark (; – U+037E), the regular semicolon (U+003B) is preferred.
• In Greek, a semicolon is represented by· (U+0387), named theάνω τελεία(áno teleía,“upper stop”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

;

1. glottal stop with low lexicaltone.

The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space, the tone mark is not.

Low tone is written⟨꞉⟩ with any other final.

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