Bracket
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Brackets and quotation marks (kakko 括弧)
Symbol | JIS X 0208 | JIS X 0213 | Unicode | name or names | Usage |
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「」 | 2156, 2157 | 1-1-54, 1-1-55 | 300C | kagi (鉤, "hook")
kagikakko (鉤括弧, "hook brackets") |
These are the usual Japanese quotation marks. |
『』 | 2158, 2159 | 1-1-56, 1-1-57 | 300E | kagi (鉤)
nijūkagikakko (二重鉤括弧, "double hook brackets") |
Japanese version of double quotes, often used when indicating a book title. |
() | 2169, 216A | 1-1-42, 1-1-43 | pāren (パーレン, "parenthesis") kakko (括弧) |
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〔〕 | 216C, 216E | 1-1-44, 1-1-45 | 3014 | kikkō (亀甲, "tortoise shell") | Used to insert comments into quoted text. |
[] | 216D, 216E | 1-1-46, 1-1-47 | kakko kagikakko (かぎかっこ) | ||
{} | 216F, 2170 | 1-1-48, 1-1-49 | burēsu (ブレース, "brace")
namikakko (波括弧, "wave brackets") |
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〈〉 | 2171, 2172 | 1-1-50, 1-1-51 | 3008 | kakko
yamakakko (山括弧, "hill brackets") |
The name gyume is a Japanese version of guillemets. |
《》 | 2173, 2174 | 1-1-52, 1-1-53 | 300A | kakko
nijūyamakakko (二重山括弧, "double hill brackets") |
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【】 | 2179, 217A | 1-1-58, 1-1-59 | 3010, 3011 | kakko sumitsukikakko (すみつきかっこ) |
Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions. |
〖〗 | None | 1-2-58, 1-2-59 | 3016 | ||
〘〙 | None | 1-2-56, 1-2-57 | 3018 | ||
〚〛 | None | None | 301A |