Space (punctuation)

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Punctuation
apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( ) ( 〈〉 )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
ellipsis ( … ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
guillemets ( « » )
hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
interpunct ( · )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( " ) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash/solidus ( / )

Interword separation
spaces ( ) ( ) ( )

General typography
ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * )
asterism ( ⁂ )
at ( @ )
backslash ( \ )
bullet ( • )
caret ( ^ )
currency ( ¤ ) & ¢, $, €, £, ¥
dagger ( † ) ( ‡ )
degree ( ° )
interrobang ( ‽ )
number sign ( # )
percent and related signs ( % ) ( ‰ ) ( ‱ )
pilcrow ( ¶ )
prime ( ′ )
Inverted exclamation point (¡)
inverted question mark (¿)
section sign ( § )
tilde ( ~ )
Irony mark
Sarcasm mark
umlaut/diaresis ( ¨ )
underscore/understrike ( _ )
vertical line/pipe/broken bar ( | ) ( ¦ )

In writing, a space is any empty (non-written) zone between written sections. The term however is usually referred to an empty zone used for interword separation (interword space).

Punctuation
apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( ) ( 〈〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … ) ( ... ) exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) guillemets ( « » ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ ) interpunct ( · ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( " ) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” ) semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / )
Interword separation
spaces ( ) ( ) ( )
General typography
ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) asterism ( ⁂ ) at ( @ ) backslash ( \ ) bullet ( • ) caret ( ^ ) currency ( ¤ ) & ¢, $, €, £, ¥ dagger ( † ) ( ‡ ) degree ( ° ) interrobang ( ‽ ) number sign ( # ) percent and related signs ( % ) ( ‰ ) ( ‱ ) pilcrow ( ¶ ) prime ( ′ ) Inverted exclamation point (¡) inverted question mark (¿) section sign ( § ) tilde ( ~ ) Irony mark Sarcasm mark umlaut/diaresis ( ¨ ) underscore/understrike ( _ ) vertical line/pipe/broken bar ( \| ) ( ¦ )

Not all languages use spaces between words; the ancient Latin and Greek did not. Spaces were not used to separate words until roughly 600 AD – 800 AD (see interword separation for more on the history). Traditionally, all CJK languages have no space: modern Chinese and Japanese (except when written with little or no kanji) still do not, but modern Korean uses spaces.

For use of spaces after full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks, see discussion in the article full stop.

Space (punctuation)

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