Markdown provides backslash escapes for the following characters:
\ backslash ` backtick * asterisk _ underscore {} curly braces [] square brackets () parentheses # hash mark + plus sign - minus sign (hyphen) . dot ! exclamation mark for example, this:
## \\ \` \* \_ \{ \} \[ \] \( \) \# \+ \- \. \! returns: