%

See also: ℅

% U+0025, % PERCENT SIGN ← $ [U+0024] Basic Latin & → [U+0026]

⯙ U+2BD9, ⯙ ASTRAEA ← ⯘ [U+2BD8] Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⯚ → [U+2BDA]

﹪ U+FE6A, ﹪ SMALL PERCENT SIGN ← ﹩ [U+FE69] Small Form Variants ﹫ → [U+FE6B]

％ U+FF05, ％ FULLWIDTH PERCENT SIGN ← ＄ [U+FF04] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＆ → [U+FF06]

Translingual

Etymology

From ^o/c, from N^o/c, an abbreviation of Italian numero per cento (“number per hundred”). For the extension to Astraea, shift-5 on the keyboard for asteroid (5).

Symbol

%

1. The percent; portion of a total of 100.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page x:

     For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.

   • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich

     Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at -78 °C).

2. (computing) Used as a wildcard, usually in SQL, to stand for zero or more characters.
3. (computing, programming) Used as the symbol for the modulus, placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.
4. (astrology, rare) the asteroid (5) Astraea.

Synonyms

• (parts per hundred): cU, centiuno
• (wildcard): *
• (modulus): mod, modulus
• (astrology): (obsolete), ⑤

Derived terms

• ‰
• ‱
• %p
• %ps
• ٪‎

English

Etymology

Back-formation from any% or low%, in which the “%” was a literal indicator of the percentage completion the player would achieve in order to qualify for the given leaderboard category. The suffix was then broadened to form category names in general, where the suffixed term specified some condition about the category, e.g. what score must be obtained, items used, etc., in order to qualify.

Pronunciation

Pronounced the same as percent.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛnt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛnt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Suffix

%

1. (speedrunning) Suffix forming speedrunning categories requiring a given percentage to qualify.

   any% – any percentage completion is permitted

   low% – the lowest possible completion is required

2. (speedrunning) Suffix forming speedrunning categories related to the suffixed element, or subject to constraints based on it.

   P%

   (requiring a “P” rank in order to qualify)

   Gears%

   (gear items are allowed as part of the run, whereas in the main category runs they would not be)

Chinese

Etymology 1

The pronunciation is from English percent

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā (pa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ

• Min Nan (POJ): pha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pha
    • Tâi-lô: pha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa⁴⁴/

Symbol

%

1. (Taiwan) percent

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā (pa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/

Verb

%

1. Alternative form of 啪 (pā, “to have sex”).

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of % – see the following entry.

【パーセント】 [noun] percent

(This term, %, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)