)

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 :-).

Punctuation mark

)

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

Usage notes

Multiple brackets - ))) - are used for LOL, to express laughter or humour. This is not to be confused with ((( ))), known as a far-right symbol directed against Jewish people. Overuse of brackets ("))))))") may suggest that something is funny, something is ridiculously ironic, or the writer may be insincere.

Multiple brackets with zeroes - ))0) - are like the usage of !!1, to express a strong emotion.

Antonyms

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

Related terms

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