반전 된 물음표 ⸮

Although in the written English language there is no standard way to denote irony or sarcasm, several forms of punctuation have been proposed. Among the oldest and frequently attested are the percontation point invented by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s, and the irony mark, furthered by French poet Alcanter de Brahm in the 19th century. Both of these marks were represented visually by a backwards question mark.

These punctuation marks are primarily used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level. A bracketed exclamation point and/or question mark as well as scare quotes are also sometimes used to express irony or sarcasm.

‘반전 된 물음표‘ 기호는 ‘기업 구두점‘ 블록의 ‘역사적인 구두점‘ 서브블록에 포함되어 있으며 2008년에 Unicode 버전 5.1의 일부로 승인되었습니다.