¶

See also: Appendix:Variations of "p"

¶ U+00B6, ¶ PILCROW SIGN ← µ [U+00B5] Latin-1 Supplement · → [U+00B7]

Character variations

⁋ U+204B, ⁋ REVERSED PILCROW SIGN ← ⁊ [U+204A] General Punctuation ⁌ → [U+204C]

❡ U+2761, ❡ CURVED STEM PARAGRAPH SIGN ORNAMENT ← ❠ [U+2760] Dingbats ❢ → [U+2762]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A development of the earlier capitulum sign (⸿), itself a graphic variation of the capital letter cee (C), abbreviation of Latin capitulō (“heading, chapter”).

Punctuation mark

¶ (plural ¶¶, English name pilcrow or paragraph mark)

1. A beginning of a section of text.
2. A beginning of a paragraph; paragraph break; hard return.
   • 2021 October 10, Crystal Paul, “The future of coming out”, in The Seattle Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2021, page E1:

     Abby Akari Alishio first came out as queer three years ago. ¶ “I started crying before I even said anything,” said Alishio. ¶ She was 19, and a couple of years out of West Seattle High School, where she’d spent four years feeling like she couldn’t safely explore her queerness or learn about queer community.

Usage notes

• Used inline inside a quotation of a multi-paragraph text where dividing into paragraphs is not allowed. Thus, "Blah ¶ Blah blah blah ¶ Blah blah blah."
• Used as an index representing "paragraph" followed by a number. Compare the analogous use of the section sign ⟨§⟩.

Gallery

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  Development from the capitulum (⸿) to the contemporary paragraph symbol