| Symbol |
Meaning |
| 🏠 |
HOME |
| ⤒ |
TOP |
| 🏁 |
official Chinese title of the agency's head |
| @ |
acting |
| † |
died in office |
| ☂ |
took a leave of absence |
| ☹ |
executed |
| © |
civilian |
| ⊜ |
that person is also known under another name, cited below |
| X |
was appointed but did not actually take office |
| ⇄ |
resignation was validated only after appointment of successor |
| ↪ |
took over as minister without portfolio |
| ▶ |
indicates a subordinate agency/committee/organization/entity |
| ➨ |
agency was renamed/upgraded/transformed |
| ⇔ |
agency remained unchanged |
| Ⓧ |
indicates an entity which was eventually abolished |
| ㊀ |
diplomatic relations with the ROC were severed |
| ㊉ |
diplomatic relations with the ROC were established |
| ® |
state has been renamed since |
| ¹ |
member of the ROC Legislative Yuan who took a leave of absence |
| ² |
member of the ROC Legislative Yuan who switched political affiliation during Legislative term |
| ³ |
member of the ROC Legislative Yuan who switched political affiliation during Legislative term and took a leave of absence |
| ♀ |
female legislator |
| ☑ |
indicates the winner(s) of an election |
| ☢ |
nuclear facility |
| Ⓓ |
domestic airport |
| ⚔ |
disputed |
| Ø |
average |
| 🥇 |
gold medal (Olympic games) |
| 🥈 |
silver medal (Olympic games) |
| 🥉 |
bronze medal (Olympic games) |
| 🚩 |
Special Municipality (zhixiashi 直轄市) |
| ⒭ |
rural township (xiang 鄉) |
| ⒰ |
urban township/town (zhen 鎮) |
| Ⓜ |
Mountain Aborigines community (shandixiang 山地鄉) |
| Ⓟ |
Plains Aborigines community (pingdixiang 平地鄉) |
| ✉ |
address |
| ✄ |
indicates an abridged version of a document with most of its contents left out |