Symbols on PC's Keyboard
(in Romaji)
Modified slightly from this source: https://ferret-plus.com/569
Can be confusing
' Apostrophe, single quote – aposutorofii, singuru kuooto
` Accent grave, backquote – gyaku kuooto
、Japanese comma – touten
。Japanese-style full stop – kuten 句点
・ Middle dot – chuuten/nakaten
– Hyphen (to join words), dash
_ underscore
() Round brackets, parentheses – shou kakko, maru kakko
{} braces, curly brackets, curly braces – chuu kakko
[] square brackets – dai kakko, kakugakko
<> angle brackets, chevron
Punctuation Mark etc
| ! | Ikusukurameeshon, Ekusukurameeshon | Exclamation mark |
| " | Dauburukuooteeshon | Double quotation |
| # | Igeta 井桁 (well curb), hasshumaaku | Hash, number sign |
| $ | Dorumaaku, Darasu | Dollar mark |
| % | Paasento | Percent |
| & | Anpasando | Ampersand |
| ' | Aposutorofii, singuru kuooto | Apostrophe, single quote |
| () | Shou-kakko, Maru-kakko | Round brackets, parentheses |
| = | Tougou 等号, ikooru | Equals sign |
| – | Haifun, dasshu | Hyphen (to join words), dash |
| ~ | Nami dasshu (wave dash) | Tilde |
| ^ | Karetto, akusen shirukonfurekkusu, hattomaaku | Caret, circumflex accent |
| | | Juusen 縦線, Paipu rain | Pipe line, vertical line, bar line (in music) |
| ￥ | (only in Japanese keyboard) En-kigou, en-maaku |
Yen mark |
| ` | Gyaku kuooto, akusen guraabu | Accent grave, backquote |
| @ | Atto maaku | At sign/symbol |
| { | Hidari chuu kakko | opening brace, opening curly braces |
| 「 | (hiragana input), hidari kagi kakko | Japanese-style square bracket |
| [ | Hidari dai kakko, kaku-kakko (hiraki) | Opening square bracket |
| ; | semikoron | semicolon |
| : | koron | colon |
| } | migi chuu kakko | |
| 」 | (hiragana mode) migi kagi kakko |
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| ] | migi dai kakko | |
| < | futougou (yori chiisai), hidari anguru buraketto, shounari | inequlity sign, less than |
| > | futougou (yori ookii), migi anguru buraketto, oonari | greater/bigger than |
| ・ | (hiragana mode) chuuten, nakaten |
middle dot, interpoint |
| ? | kuesuchon maaku | |
| 、 | (hiragana mode) touten 読点 |
japanese-style comma (?) |
| 。 | (hiragana mode) kuten 句点 |
Japanese-style period, full stop |
| / | shashen 斜線 , surashu | slash, forward slash |
| \ | bakku rasshu | backlash |
| * | asuterisuku | asterisk |
| + | purasu | plus |
| _ | andaabaa | underscore, underbar |
English abbreviation key | 英語の略字キー | Eigo no ryakuji kii
Ctrl: kontorooru, Control
Alt: oruto, Alt
Shift: Shifuto, Shift
Caps Lock: Kyapusu rokku, Caps lock
Esc: Esukeepu, Escape
Tab: Tabu, Tab
F1~F12: Fankushon kii, Function key
Num Lock: Nanbaa rokku, Number lock
Fn: Fankushon kii, Function key
SysRq: Sisutemu rikuesuto, System request
PrtSc: Purinto sukuriin, Print screen
Scr Lk: Sukurooru rokku, Scroll lock
Ins , Insert: Insaato kii, Insert key