Japanese Typographic Symbols - Brackets and Quotation Marks

Brackets and Quotation Marks

JIS X 0208 JIS X 0213 Unicode Name(s) Usage
「」 2156,
2157		 1-1-54,
1-1-55		 U+300C,
U+300D

kagi (鉤?, "hook")
kagikakko (鉤括弧?, "hook brackets")

 Usual Japanese quotation marks
『』 2158,
2159		 1-1-56,
1-1-57		 U+300E,
U+300F

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		 U+FF08,
U+FF09

pāren (パーレン?, "parenthesis")
kakko (括弧?)
marugakko (丸括弧?, "round brackets")
shōkakko (小括弧?, "small brackets")
〔〕 216C,
216E		 1-1-44,
1-1-45		 U+3014,
U+3015

kikkō (亀甲?, "tortoise shell")

 Used to insert comments into quoted text
［］ 216D,
216E		 1-1-46,
1-1-47		 U+FF3B,
U+FF3D

kakko (括弧?)
kagikakko (かぎかっこ?)
｛｝ 216F,
2170		 1-1-48,
1-1-49		 U+FF5B,
U+FF5D

burēsu (ブレース?, "brace")
namikakko (波括弧?, "wave brackets")
nakakakko (中括弧?, "middle brackets")
〈〉 2171,
2172		 1-1-50,
1-1-51		 U+3008,
U+3009

kakko (括弧?)
yamakakko (山括弧?, "hill brackets")
gyume (ギュメ?, "guillemets")
yamagata (山がた?, "hill-shaped ")

 The name gyume comes from the guillemets
《》 2173,
2174		 1-1-52,
1-1-53		 U+300A,
U+300B

kakko (括弧?)
yamakakko (二重山括弧?, "double hill brackets")
gyume (二重ギュメ?, "double guillemets")
yamagata (二重山がた?, "double hill-shaped ")
【】 2179,
217A		 1-1-58,
1-1-59		 U+3010,
U+3011

kakko (括弧?)
sumitsukikakko (すみつきかっこ?)

 Used in headings, for example in dictionary definitions
〖〗 1-2-58,
1-2-59		 U+3016,
U+3017
〘〙 1-2-56,
1-2-57		 U+3018,
U+3019
〚〛 U+301A,
U+301B

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