亀甲括弧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亀 甲 括 弧
き > きっ
Grade: S 		こう
Grade: S 		かつ > かっ
Grade: S 		こ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
龜甲括弧 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 亀甲(きっこう) (kikkō, “tortoise shell”) + 括(かっ)弧(こ) (kakko, “bracket; paranthesis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲik̚ko̞ːka̠k̚ko̞]

Noun

亀(きっ)甲(こう)括(かっ)弧(こ) • (kikkōkakko) 

  1. (typography) tortoise shell bracket (either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text)
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