Symbol

Meaning

→

go on, continue, last, lead to, cause, result in, make, produce, stretch, develop, to the right

←

come from, result from, go back, withdraw, shorten, to the left

↑

go up, increase, rise, raise, get up, arise, evaporate, fly

↓

go down, decrease, lower, reduce, decline, sediment, save up, deposit

∵

because

∴

so, therefore, thus

＋

plus, and also, in addition

－

minus

×

times

＝

equal, equal to, is

≠

not equal, not equal to, is not

～

about, approximately, probably, more or less

＞

larger than, bigger than, greater than, more than

＜

smaller than, less than

％

percent

∕

per

#

number

&

and,

@

at, each

§

section

？

question

$

dollar, money, cost, price

￥

RMB(人民幣)

pound(英鎊)

℃

Centigrade

℉

Fahrenheit

?

copy right

registered

"

trade mark

eo

Euro(歐元)

p

page

?

paragraph

no.

number

ft

foot, feet

2

to, two, too

ht

height

wt

weight

w/

with(something)

w/o

without

w/i

within

i.e.

that is

e.g.

for example, for instance, like, such as

etc.

et cetera, so on , so forth

b/c

because

b/f

before

esp.

especially

min.

minimum

max.

maximum

govt

government

asap

as soon as possible

rt

right

wrt

write

yr

year,

yrs

years

vs

versus

ans

answer

diff

difference, different