GlyphIndexPair comparison
¿ … ?
The opening and closing marks point in different directions.
Inverted question mark
The inverted question mark ¿ opens a question in Spanish. It is paired with the closing question mark ?.
INVERTED QUESTION MARK
Appearance can vary by font.
Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
The inverted question mark ¿ opens a question in Spanish. It is paired with the closing question mark ?.
How to use it
Preserve the punctuation required by the language of the quoted or authored text. In an English explanation, label the opening and closing characters rather than treating the opening mark as decoration.
Examples
Encoded identity
¿ U+00BF; ? U+003F
The marks remain different even when a font makes them similar in weight.
Similar shapes, different characters
Question mark
U+003FU+003F is the ordinary closing question mark.
Inverted exclamation mark
U+00A1This opens an exclamation instead of a question.
DetailsSources and method
- Unicode 18.0.0 character database — Pinned standard character identities and properties; the application computes UTF encodings from the original text.
- Unicode character code charts — Reference glyphs are not a guarantee of the appearance in a user’s font.