Punctuation Mark:	Name in Korean:	Literal Meaning:
~	물결무늬 (mul-gyeol-mu-neui)	“ripple design”
!	느낌표 (neu-ggim-pyo)	“feeling mark”
@	골뱅이 (gol-baeng-i)	“snail”
#	샤프 (sha-peu)	“sharp [in music]” Please note that Koreans use “sharp” in reference to the pound key on a telephone, etc.
$	달러표시 (dal-leo-pyo-shi)	“dollar sign,” “dollar” from English
%	퍼센트 (peo-sen-teu)	“percent” from English
&	앤드 (aen-deu)	“and” from English
*	별표 (byeol-pyo)	“star sign”
( )	소괄호/小괄호 (so-gwar-ho)	“small bracket”
{ }	중괄호/中괄호 (jung-gwar-ho)	“medium bracket”
[ ]	대괄호/大괄호 (dae-gwar-ho)	“large bracket”
-	하이픈 (ha-i-peun) or 마이너스 (mai-neo-seu)	“hyphen” from English or “minus” from English
_	아래하이픈 (a-rae-ha-i-peun)	“under hyphen”
=	이콜 (i-kol)	“equals” from English
+	더하기 (deo-ha-gi) or 플러스 (peul-leo-seu)	“plus” from the Korean verb “더하다” (“to add”) or “plus” from English
backslash	반대쪽슬래시 (ban-dae-jjok-seul-lae-shi)	“opposite side slash,” “slash” from English
‘	작은 따옴표 (jag-eun dda-om-pyo)	“small quotation mark”
“	큰 따옴표 (keun dda-om-pyo)	“large quotation mark”
,	쉼표 (shwim-pyo)	“resting mark”
.	점, 맞춤표 (jeom, mat-chum-pyo)	“dot,” “assembling mark”
< >	꺾은 괄호 (ggeogg-eun gwar-ho)	“bent bracket”
/	슬래시 (seul-lae-shi)	“slash” from English
?	물음표 (mur-eum-pyo)	“question mark”

Korean Punctuation Marks

By Charles Wetzel

Special Thanks to Junhyeong Ju

The above table contains the punctuation marks in Korean. We managed to cover pretty much all the punctuation marks that you find on a standard keyboard, except for ` (neither of us could figure out how that differs from an apostrophe or single quotation mark) and some others. These others include ^ (Koreans only use this for ^^, or the smiley face, and using it for exponents is unheard of), | (what is this anyway), :, and ; (because I’d scribbled those down and thought they were just random dots when I asked my language exchange partner).