Exclamation mark Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

Exclamation mark

¡	՜	ǃ
Inverted exclamation mark	Armenian exclamation mark	Alveolar click

Word dividers
interpunct	·
space

General typography
ampersand	&
asterisk	*
at sign	@
backslash	\
basis point	‱
bullet	•
caret	^
dagger	† ‡ ⹋
degree	°
ditto mark	” 〃
equals sign	=
inverted exclamation mark	¡
inverted question mark	¿
komejirushi, kome, reference mark	※
multiplication sign	×
number sign, pound, hash	#
numero sign	№
obelus	÷
ordinal indicator	º ª
percent, per mil	% ‰
pilcrow	¶
plus, minus	+ −
plus-minus, minus-plus	± ∓
prime	′ ″ ‴
section sign	§
tilde	~
underscore, understrike	_
vertical bar, pipe, broken bar	\| ‖ ¦

Currency
currency sign	¤

؋ ₳ ฿ ₿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ ֏ ₠ € ƒ ₣ ₲ ₴ ₭ ₺ ₾ ₼ ℳ ₥ ₦ ₧ ₱ ₰ £ 元圆圓 ﷼ ៛ ₽ ₹ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₸ ₮ ₩ ¥ 円

In other scripts

An exclamation mark (!) is a punctuation mark. It is used to show strong emotion at the end of a sentence or after an interjection.

The use of a space in before an exclamation mark is incorrect.

In coding, "!" sometimes means not. In Mathematics, the use of an exclamation mark can be used for the function factorial.

Images for kids

Trilingual billboard in Barcelona (detail), showing the initial exclamation mark for Spanish, but not for Catalan (top line) and English
Road sign marking the entrance to Westward Ho!
New Zealand road sign warning of a "cattle stop" (cattle grid/cattle guard)
Custom cut tri-color PVC stands representing different styles of an exclamation mark
Aalto University School of Business Logo 2020 (exclamation mark)
This Action Comics cover from 1959 ends every sentence with an exclamation point or question mark. Often, few or no periods would be used in the entire book.