%

See also: ℅

also &percnt;

%	U+0025, % PERCENT SIGN

← $
[U+0024]

Basic Latin

& →
[U+0026]

﹪	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

From ^o/c, from N^o/c, an abbreviation of Italian numero per cento (“number per hundred”).

%

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

The pronunciation is from English percent

%

%

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.)