『 』


U+300E, 『
LEFT WHITE CORNER BRACKET

[U+300D]
CJK Symbols and Punctuation
[U+300F]

U+300F, 』
RIGHT WHITE CORNER BRACKET

[U+300E]
CJK Symbols and Punctuation
[U+3010]
See also: 「 」, 《 》, and 〈 〉

Translingual

Punctuation mark

  1. Encloses a quotation in CJK languages, specifically an embedded (inner) quotation where corner brackets are the usual quotation marks.

See also

Chinese

Punctuation mark

  1. (Taiwan) Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation.
  2. (Mainland China, vertical writing) Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

  • With vertical text, Mainland China and Taiwan have opposite conventions of whether 「 」 or is primary. The traditional convention has been reversed on the mainland to parallel the more common usage of outer “ ” and inner ‘ ’.

See also

Japanese

Punctuation mark

  1. Encloses an embedded quotation.

Usage notes

  • 『 』 enclose an embedded (inner) quotation, within 「 」 for the outer quotation.

Korean

Punctuation mark

『 』

  1. Encloses the title of a book.