)

See also: :) and ( )

) U+0029, ) RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← ( [U+0028] Basic Latin * → [U+002A]

Character variations

⁾ U+207E, ⁾ SUPERSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← ⁽ [U+207D] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁿ → [U+207F]

₎ U+208E, ₎ SUBSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS [unassigned: U+208F] ← ₍ [U+208D] Superscripts and Subscripts ₐ → [U+2090]

⎞ U+239E, ⎞ RIGHT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK ← ⎝ [U+239D] Miscellaneous Technical ⎟ → [U+239F]

⎟ U+239F, ⎟ RIGHT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION ← ⎞ [U+239E] Miscellaneous Technical ⎠ → [U+23A0]

⎠ U+23A0, ⎠ RIGHT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK ← ⎟ [U+239F] Miscellaneous Technical ⎡ → [U+23A1]

︶ U+FE36, ︶ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← ︵ [U+FE35] CJK Compatibility Forms ︷ → [U+FE37]

﹚ U+FE5A, ﹚ SMALL RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← ﹙ [U+FE59] Small Form Variants ﹛ → [U+FE5B]

） U+FF09, ） FULLWIDTH RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← （ [U+FF08] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＊ → [U+FF0A]

｠ U+FF60, ｠ FULLWIDTH RIGHT WHITE PARENTHESIS ← ｟ [U+FF5F] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｡ → [U+FF61]

⦆ U+2986, ⦆ RIGHT WHITE PARENTHESIS ← ⦅ [U+2985] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B ⦇ → [U+2987]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

)

1. Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
2. Separates a number or letter from an item in a list. Compare ( ), as in "(A) Milk, (B) Eggs, (C) Flour".

   A) New York, B) London, C) Paris.

   a) New York, b) London, c) Paris.

   1) New York, 2) London, 3) Paris.

   I) New York, II) London, III) Paris.

3. Used in ( ).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.

Synonyms

• (separator between a number and an item) .

Symbol

)

1. (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.

   $[a,b)=\{x\in \mathbb {R} \,|\,a\leq x<b\}$

Synonyms

• [

See also

• toi (Lojban)

Punctuation

• apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
• curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
• square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
• colon ( : )
• comma ( , )
• dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
• ellipsis ( … )
• exclamation mark ( ! )
• fraction slash ( ⁄ )
• guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
• hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
• interpunct ( · )
• interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
• brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
• full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
• question mark ( ? )
• quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
• quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
• semicolon ( ; )
• slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
• space ( ] [ )

Chinese

Punctuation mark

)

1. used in ( )

Japanese

Punctuation mark

)

1. Used in ( ).

Russian

Etymology

Evolved from :-). In the Russian keyboard layout, one has to press Shift+6 to type a colon, which is deemed inconvenient, particularly in instant messaging, as it requires both hands. As a result the smiley's eyes vanished over time.

Punctuation mark

)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.

Usage notes

Usage of multiple brackets is used to emphasize the laughter or funiness, but it may also suggest an ironic or sarcastc tone. Multiple brackets with zeroes - )0 or (9 - are used similarly to !1, implying that shift key was released, expressing an emphasis. ")))" is not to be confused with ((( ))), known as a far-right symbol directed against Jewish people.

Antonyms

• ( (online slang, expression of sadness or disappointment)

Related terms

• ))) (online slang, expression of laughter)