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section sign wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 use 2 unicode 3 origin 4 other usages for the symbol 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents section sign 28 languages беларуская тарашкевіца čeština dansk deutsch español euskara suomi français galego עברית bahasa indonesia italiano 日本語 한국어 lietuvių македонски nederlands norsk bokmål polski português русский simple english slovenčina svenska türkçe українська хальмг 中文 edit links article talk english read view source view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read view source view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from character for referencing sections o section sign in unicode u 00a7 section sign sect related see also u 00b6 pilcrow sign the section sign is a typographical symbol for referencing individually numbered sections of a document it is frequently used when citing sections of a legal code 1 it is also known as the section symbol section mark double s or silcrow 2 3 the section sign typically appears akin to a letter s stacked on top of another s 4 use the section sign is often used when referring to a specific section of a legal code for example in bluebook style title 16 of the united states code section 580p becomes 16 u s c 580p 5 the section sign is frequently used along with the pilcrow or paragraph sign to reference a specific paragraph within a section of a document however some jurisdictions prefer the sign be avoided and rather that the word section be written out in full 6 while is usually read in spoken english as the word section many other languages use the word paragraph exclusively to refer to a section of a document especially of legal text and use other words to describe a paragraph in the english sense consequently in those cases may be read as paragraph and may occasionally also be described as a paragraph sign but this is a description of its usage not a formal name 7 8 when duplicated as it is read as the plural sections for example 13 21 would be read as sections 13 through 21 much as pp pages is the plural of p meaning page it may also be used with footnotes when asterisk dagger and double dagger have already been used on a given page it is common practice to follow the section sign with a non breaking space so that the symbol is kept with the section number being cited 1 9 212 233 this is also used in german language german paragraf for example 242 im deutschen strafgesetzbuch article 242 of the german criminal code 10 unicode two common representations of the section sign the section sign appeared in several early computer text encodings it was placed at 0xa7 167 in iso 8859 1 a position that was inherited by unicode as code point u 00a7 section sign representation of the sign is an artistic decision within the overall design language of the typeface or computer font the two more commonly seen forms are shown here 11 in all cases the sign is encoded by u 00a7 origin two possible origins are often posited for the section sign most probably that it is a ligature formed by the combination of two s glyphs from the latin signum sectiōnis 12 2 13 14 some scholars however are skeptical of this explanation 15 16 others have theorized that it is an adaptation of the ancient greek παράγραφος paragraphos 13 a catch all term for a class of punctuation marks used by scribes with diverse shapes and intended uses 17 the modern form of the sign with its modern meaning has been in use since the 15th century 18 other usages for the symbol in jaroslav hašek s the good soldier švejk the symbol is used repeatedly to mean bureaucracy paul selver translated it as red tape in his 1930 english translation in the sims and simcity video game franchises the symbol represents the fictional simoleon in game currency 19 see also pilcrow the historic indicator of an un numbered new paragraph in english scilicet it may be known is sometimes rendered using a mark instead of viz references 1 2 standler ronald m 2004 legal research and citation style in usa retrieved 2009 12 15 1 2 radoeva krista 2017 01 12 the section sign punctuation series monotype imaging archived from the original on 2022 11 29 retrieved 2020 07 19 butterick matthew butterick s practical typography paragraphs and section marks retrieved 2017 10 07 how to use a section mark or silcrow monotype www monotype com 2 august 2022 guides bluebook guide federal statutes georgetown university law library august 9 2018 retrieved december 6 2018 symbols california secretary of state www sos ca gov retrieved 2025 07 05 the unicode standard version 10 0 c1 controls and latin 1 supplement pdf retrieved 2017 10 07 some text to speech voices read the section symbol as paragraph instead of section retrieved 2017 10 07 felici james 2012 the complete manual of typography second ed peachpit press isbn 978 0 321 77326 5 toyka seid gerd schneider christiane paragraf bpb manual type today webb stephen 2018 clash of symbols ebook springer international publishing p 22 isbn 978 3 319 71350 2 1 2 webster noah 1886 arbitrary signs used in writing and printing webster s complete dictionary of the english language authorized and unabridged ed london george bell sons p 1784 via internet archive parker richard green 1851 aids to english composition prepared for students of all grades new york harper brothers p 32 lewis erwin herbert 1894 the history of the english paragraph thesis university of chicago press pp 11 16 17 oclc 6077629 webster noah 1884 webster s complete dictionary of the english language p 1784 garulli valentina 2018 10 09 lectional signs in greek verse inscriptions in petrovic andrej thomas edmund petrovic ivana eds the materiality of text placement perception and presence of inscribed texts in classical antiquity ebook brill publishers p 106 doi 10 1163 9789004379435_006 isbn 978 90 04 37943 5 s2cid 198732053 lewis edwin herbert 1894 the history of the english paragraph university of chicago p 16 via archive org simoleon the sims wiki july 29 2025 retrieved april 15 2026 external links media related to section signs at wikimedia commons the dictionary definition of section signs at wiktionary v t e common punctuation and other typographical symbols space comma colon semicolon hyphen full stop middle dot ampersand at sign caret slash backslash ellipsis asterisk reference mark asterism dinkus hyphen minus dash double hyphen question mark exclamation mark interrobang inverted and percontation point number sign numero sign º ª ordinal indicator percent sign per mille basis point degree symbol diameter sign plus and minus signs multiplication sign division sign tilde plus minus sign minus plus sign radical symbol _ underscore ⁀ tie vertical bar bullet copyright symbol sound recording copyright registered trademark sm service mark symbol tm trademark symbol quotation mark apostrophe prime guillemet bracket ditto mark dagger fleuron hedera aldus manicule lozenge pilcrow paragraph mark section mark version of this table as a sortable list currency symbols diacritics accents logic symbols math symbols whitespace chinese punctuation hebrew punctuation japanese punctuation korean punctuation vietnamese punctuation retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title section_sign oldid 1373370932 categories latin script ligatures punctuation typographical symbols hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata wikipedia pages semi protected against vandalism articles containing german language text articles containing ancient greek to 1453 language text commons category link from wikidata this page was last edited on 5 september 2026 at 16 46 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents section sign 28 languages add topic
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