| $ | the root object/element |
| @ | the current object/element |
| . or [] | child operator |
| .. | recursive descent. JSONPath borrows this syntax from E4X. |
| * | wildcard. All objects/elements regardless their names. |
| [] | subscript operator. XPath uses it to iterate over element collections and for predicates. In Javascript and JSON it is the native array operator. |
| [,] | Union operator in XPath results in a combination of node sets. JSONPath allows alternate names or array indices as a set. |
| [start:end:step] | array slice operator borrowed from ES4. |
| ?() | applies a filter (script) expression. |
| () | script expression, using the underlying script engine. |