One of the set of symbols , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and used to identify point groups.
Cotton (1990), gives a table showing the translations between Schönflies symbols and Hermann-Mauguin symbols. Some of the Schönflies symbols denote different sets of symmetry operations but correspond to the same abstract group and so have the same character table.