アンパサンド

Also known as ampersand, epershand, ASCII 38, Unicode 38, U+0026, amperse and, ligature et

The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram , representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the word (Latin for ).

Key facts

Grapheme.letter: &
Grapheme.imagesize: 200px
Grapheme.imagealt: Variations of the Ampersand in different fonts.
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Logographic
Grapheme.typedesc: and Ideographic
Grapheme.language: Latin language
Grapheme.unicode: U+0026
Grapheme.alphanumber: (27)
Grapheme.fam1: 𐌄𐌕
Grapheme.fam2: ET
Grapheme.fam3: et
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|ɛt (Some modern fonts, like Trebuchet MS, employ ampersand characters that reveal its origin)
Grapheme.fam5: class=skin-invert-image|20px|eτ
Grapheme.fam6: class=skin-invert-image|20px|& (italic, 1735)
Grapheme.fam7: class=skin-invert-image|20px|& in modern handwriting
Grapheme.usageperiod: to present
Grapheme.children: ⅋