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This report contains potentially invalid characters in short descriptions. See WP:SDFORMAT and WP:MOS for guidance. The presence of a short description on this report does not necessarily mean that it needs to be changed; if you have questions, ask at Wikipedia talk:Short description.

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  • ASCII characters
  • Other non-ASCII letters, such as Roman letters with accents
  • en dash (–)
  • multiplication sign (×) (Unicode 00D7)
  • degree character (°) (Unicode 00B0)
  • prime symbol characters (Unicode 2032–2037) (not to be confused with curly single quote marks)
  • okina (Unicode 02BB) (not to be confused with curly single quote marks)
  • inverted exclamation mark (¡) (Unicode 00A1) (used in multiple musical artist names, including ¡Mayday! and ¡All-Time Quarterback!)
  • identical to (≡) (Unicode 2261)

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Page Short description
A with tilde (Cyrillic) Cyrillic letter used for /ɑ̃/ in Khinalug
Alveolar ejective fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨sʼ⟩ in IPA
Bilabial ejective stop Consonantal sound represented by ⟨pʼ⟩ in IPA
Breve Bowl-shaped diacritic mark (◌̆)
Bullet (typography) Typographical symbol (•)
Cedilla Diacritical mark (¸)
Circumflex Diacritic (◌̂) in European scripts
Close-mid back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨o⟩ in IPA
Close-mid back unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɤ⟩ in IPA
Close-mid central rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɵ⟩ in IPA
Close-mid central unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɘ⟩ in IPA
Close-mid front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ø⟩ in IPA
Close-mid front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨e⟩ in IPA
Close back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨u⟩ in IPA
Close back unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɯ⟩ in IPA
Close central rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ʉ⟩ in IPA
Close central unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɨ⟩ in IPA
Close front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨y⟩ in IPA
Close front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨i⟩ in IPA
Creaky-voiced glottal approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʔ̬⟩ in IPA
Dental and alveolar ejective stops Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨tʼ⟩ in IPA
Double hyphen Historic punctuation mark (⹀)
Em with tail Cyrillic letter used for /m̥/ in Kildin Sámi
En with tail Cyrillic letter used for /n̥/ in Kildin Sami
Epiglottal plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʡ⟩ in IPA
Er with caron Cyrillic letter used for /r̥/ in Nivkh
Er with tick Cyrillic letter used for /r̥/ in Kildim Sami
Estimated sign Mark to affirm approximate contents (℮)
Factorial prime Prime numbers of the form n!±1
Ghana Society for the Blind National non‑profit organization
Golden field Rational numbers with √5 added
Grave accent Diacritic used in many languages (◌̀)
Horseshoe (symbol) Mathematical symbol ⊃
Hypercubic honeycomb Regular tilings of ≥3D spaces with hypercubes
Inequality (mathematics) Mathematical relation expressed with < or ≤
Inverted breve Diacritical mark, ◌̑
Labiodental ejective fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨fʼ⟩ in IPA
Legendre rational functions Sequence of orthogonal functions on [0, ∞)
Lifting-the-exponent lemma Exponent valuation lemma for a^n ± b^n
Littlewood polynomial Polynomial whose coefficients are all ±1
Man of the Forest (story) Book by Mixeil J̌avaxišvili
Mappiq Hebrew diacritic indicating the letter ה‎ (he)
Mass–energy equivalence Concept in special relativity expressed as E = mc²
Mehmet Mustafa Şahin Turkish Greco‑Roman wrestler
Mercury nitride Chemical compounds with Hg+ and N− ions
Meyniel graph Graph where all odd cycles of length ≥ 5 has 2+ chords
Mid back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨o̞⟩ or ⟨ɔ̝⟩ in IPA
Mid back unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɤ̞⟩ or ⟨ʌ̝⟩ in IPA
Mid central vowel Vowel sound represented by the schwa, ⟨ə⟩
Mid front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ø̞⟩ or ⟨œ̝⟩ in IPA
Mid front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨e̞⟩ or ⟨ɛ̝⟩ in IPA
Multitree Directed acyclic graph with ≤1 directed paths between any two nodes
Near-close near-back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ʊ⟩ in IPA
Near-close near-front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ʏ⟩ in IPA
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɪ⟩ in IPA
Near-open central vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɐ⟩ in IPA
Near-open front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨æ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɔ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid back unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ʌ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid central rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɞ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid central unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɜ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨œ⟩ in IPA
Open-mid front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɛ⟩ in IPA
Open back rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɒ⟩ in IPA
Open back unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɑ⟩ in IPA
Open central unrounded vowel Vowel sound often represented by ⟨ä⟩ in IPA
Open front rounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɶ⟩ in IPA
Open front unrounded vowel Vowel sound represented by ⟨a⟩ in IPA
Palato-alveolar ejective fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʃʼ⟩ in IPA
Pilcrow Symbol ¶ used to identify a new paragraph
Plus and minus signs Mathematical symbols (+ and −)
Primorial prime Prime number that is product of first n primes ± 1
Pronunciation of English ⟨ng⟩ Consonant sounds associated with the digraph ⟨ng⟩
Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ Sounds spelled with the digraph ⟨th⟩
Reference mark Typographical mark (※)
Registered trademark symbol Typographical symbol (®)
Schwa with tilde Cyrillic letter used for /æ̃/ in Khinalug
Seabird Island First Nation Stó꞉lō community in British Columbia, Canada
Section sign Typographical character (§)
Service mark symbol Typographical symbol (℠)
Sharp (music) Accidental raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (♯)
Short I with tail Cyrillic letter used for /j̊/ in Kildin Sami
Smooth breathing Diacritical mark (᾿) used in polytonic orthography
Sound recording copyright symbol Typographical symbol (℗)
Space partitioning Division of an entire space into ≥2 disjoint subsets
Square lozenge Symbol ⌑, familiarly called "pillow"
Star coloring Graph coloring in which every 4-vertex path uses ≥3 colors
Superscript En Cyrillic letter used for [◌̃] in Bezhta and Godoberi
Tilde Punctuation and accent mark (~, ◌̃)
Trademark symbol Symbol (™): an unregistered trademark
Upside-down question and exclamation marks Punctuation marks (¿ and ¡)
Uvular ejective fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨χʼ⟩ in IPA
Uvular ejective stop Consonantal sound represented by ⟨qʼ⟩ in IPA
Velar ejective fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨xʼ⟩ in IPA
Velar ejective stop Consonantal sound represented by ⟨kʼ⟩ in IPA
Voiced alveolar approximant Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɹ⟩ / ⟨ð̠˕⟩ and ⟨ɹ̠⟩ in IPA
Voiced alveolar fricative Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨z⟩ in IPA
Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʑ⟩ in IPA
Voiced bilabial flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ⱱ̟⟩ or ⟨b̆⟩ in IPA
Voiced bilabial fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨β⟩ in IPA
Voiced bilabial nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨m⟩ in IPA
Voiced bilabial plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b⟩ in IPA
Voiced bilabial trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʙ⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar lateral approximants Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨l⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar lateral flaps Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɺ⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar lateral fricatives Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɮ⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar nasals Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨n⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar plosives Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨d⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɾ⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental and alveolar trills Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨r⟩ in IPA
Voiced dental fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ð⟩ in IPA
Voiced epiglottal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʢ⟩ in IPA
Voiced epiglottal tap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʡ̆⟩ in IPA
Voiced glottal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɦ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labial–palatal approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɥ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labial–velar approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨w⟩ in IPA
Voiced labial–velar implosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɠ͡ɓ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labiodental approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʋ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labiodental flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ⱱ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labiodental fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨v⟩ in IPA
Voiced labiodental nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɱ⟩ in IPA
Voiced labiodental plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b̪⟩ in IPA
Voiced linguolabial fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ð̼⟩ or ⟨β̺⟩/⟨ꞵ̺⟩ in IPA
Voiced linguolabial nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨n̼⟩ or ⟨m̺⟩ in IPA
Voiced linguolabial plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨d̼⟩ or ⟨b̺⟩ in IPA
Voiced palatal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʝ⟩ in IPA
Voiced palatal implosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʄ⟩ in IPA
Voiced palatal lateral approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʎ⟩ in IPA
Voiced palatal lateral flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʎ̆⟩ in IPA
Voiced palatal lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʎ̝⟩ in IPA
Voiced pharyngeal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʕ⟩ in IPA
Voiced postalveolar fricative Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨ʒ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɻ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɽ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʐ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex lateral approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɭ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex lateral flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼈⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼅⟩ or ⟨ɭ˔⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɖ⟩ in IPA
Voiced retroflex trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɽr⟩ in IPA
Voiced uvular fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʁ⟩ in IPA
Voiced uvular nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɴ⟩ in IPA
Voiced uvular plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɢ⟩ in IPA
Voiced uvular tap and flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɢ̆⟩ or ⟨ʀ̆⟩ in IPA
Voiced uvular trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʀ⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɰ⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɣ⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar lateral affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɡʟ̝⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar lateral approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʟ⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʟ̝⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ŋ⟩ in IPA
Voiced velar plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɡ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless alveolar fricative Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨s⟩ in IPA
Voiceless alveolar lateral flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɺ̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless alveolar taps and flaps Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɾ̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɕ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless bilabial fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɸ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless bilabial nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨m̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless bilabial plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨p⟩ in IPA
Voiceless bilabial trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʙ̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɬ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless dental and alveolar nasals Consonantal sound represented by ⟨n̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless dental and alveolar trills Consonantal sound represented by ⟨r̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless dental fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨θ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless epiglottal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʜ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless glottal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨h⟩ in IPA
Voiceless labial–velar plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨k͡p⟩ in IPA
Voiceless labiodental fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨f⟩ in IPA
Voiceless labiodental nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɱ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless labiodental plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨p̪⟩ in IPA
Voiceless linguolabial fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨θ̼⟩ or ⟨ɸ̺⟩ in IPA
Voiceless linguolabial plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨t̼⟩ or ⟨p̺⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨cç⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal approximant Consonantal sound represented by ⟨j̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ç⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal lateral affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨cʎ̥˔⟩ or ⟨c𝼆⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼆⟩ or ⟨ʎ̝̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɲ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless palatal plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨c⟩ in IPA
Voiceless pharyngeal fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ħ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless postalveolar fricative Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨ʃ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɽ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʂ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex implosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ᶑ̥⟩ or ⟨𝼉⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex lateral affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨tꞎ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex lateral flap Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼈̊⟩, ⟨ɭ̥̆⟩ or ⟨ɺ̣̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ꞎ⟩ or ⟨ɭ̊˔⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʈ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless retroflex trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɽ̊r̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨qχ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨χ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular implosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʛ̥⟩ or ⟨ʠ⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɴ̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨q⟩ in IPA
Voiceless uvular trill Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʀ̥⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨kx⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨x⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar implosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɠ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar lateral affricate Consonantal sound represented by ⟨kʟ̝̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar lateral fricative Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼄⟩ or ⟨ʟ̝̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar nasal Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ŋ̊⟩ in IPA
Voiceless velar plosive Consonantal sound represented by ⟨k⟩ in IPA
Ye with circumflex Cyrillic letter Е̂
Ye with tilde Cyrillic letter used for /ẽ~ɛ̃/ in Khinalug
Yery Cyrillic letter ⟨ы⟩
Yeísmo Sound merger of ⟨ll⟩ and ⟨y⟩ in most Spanish dialects
Ze with diaeresis Cyrillic letter used for /d͡ʑ/ in Udmurt
Zhe with breve Cyrillic letter used for /d͡ʒ/ in Moldovan Cyrillic
Zhe with diaeresis Cyrillic letter used for /d͡ʒ/ in Udmurt

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