> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Symbols and percentages

> How Rime pronounces standalone symbols and how percentage values are expanded.

Rime pronounces common symbols correctly out of the box, both standalone and embedded in numeric values.

<Note>
  For a tour of text normalization across all categories, see [Text normalization](/docs/text-normalization). For symbol-adjacent patterns (currency amounts, measurements with units), see [Numbers, currency, and measurements](/docs/numbers).
</Note>

## Symbols

| Format | Example | Reads as |
| :- | :- | :- |
| Ampersand | `&` | and |
| Dollar sign (standalone) | `$` | dollar |
| Percent sign (standalone) | `%` | percent |
| Hash | `#` | hashtag |

## Percentages

Percentage values (a number followed by `%`) are expanded automatically:

| Format | Example | Reads as |
| :- | :- | :- |
| Whole percentage | `100%` | one hundred percent |
| Decimal percentage | `12.5%` | twelve point five percent |
| Percentage range | `78-84%` | seventy-eight to eighty-four percent |

## Related

* [Numbers, currency, and measurements](/docs/numbers) for currency amounts (`$5.99`), measurements with units (`5kg`, `98°F`), and ranges
* [Text normalization](/docs/text-normalization) for the full normalization overview


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