Bracket symbols 【 】

Click a bracket to copy it, or copy a ready-made frame. Use 【 】 and 『 』 around names and titles, ⟨ ⟩ and ⟦ ⟧ in math, and ꒰ ꒱ for cute text.

How to type it 78 symbols on this page

Lenticular and CJK brackets26

Basic and math brackets26

Decorative brackets18

Name frames8

How to type 【

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “left black lenticular bracket”.

In Microsoft Word, type 3010 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “left black lenticular bracket”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+3010. Every format is on the left black lenticular bracket page.

Codes for every bracket symbols

SymbolNameUnicodeHTMLAlt code
left black lenticular bracket U+3010 【 –
right black lenticular bracket U+3011 】 –
left white lenticular bracket U+3016 〖 –
right white lenticular bracket U+3017 〗 –
left corner bracket U+300C 「 –
right corner bracket U+300D 」 –
left white corner bracket U+300E 『 –
right white corner bracket U+300F 』 –
left double angle bracket U+300A 《 –
right double angle bracket U+300B 》 –
left angle bracket U+3008 〈 –
right angle bracket U+3009 〉 –
left tortoise shell bracket U+3014 〔 –
right tortoise shell bracket U+3015 〕 –
left white tortoise shell bracket U+3018 〘 –
right white tortoise shell bracket U+3019 〙 –
left white square bracket U+301A 〚 –
right white square bracket U+301B 〛 –
halfwidth left corner bracket U+FF62 ｢ –
halfwidth right corner bracket U+FF63 ｣ –
fullwidth left parenthesis U+FF08 （ –
fullwidth right parenthesis U+FF09 ） –
fullwidth left square bracket U+FF3B ［ –
fullwidth right square bracket U+FF3D ］ –
fullwidth left curly bracket U+FF5B ｛ –
fullwidth right curly bracket U+FF5D ｝ –
left parenthesis U+0028 ( –
right parenthesis U+0029 ) –
left square bracket U+005B [ –
right square bracket U+005D ] –
left curly bracket U+007B { –
right curly bracket U+007D } –
left angle bracket U+27E8 ⟨ –
right angle bracket U+27E9 ⟩ –
left white square bracket U+27E6 ⟦ –
right white square bracket U+27E7 ⟧ –
left white curly bracket U+2983 ⦃ –
right white curly bracket U+2984 ⦄ –
left white parenthesis U+2985 ⦅ –
right white parenthesis U+2986 ⦆ –
left ceiling U+2308 ⌈ –
right ceiling U+2309 ⌉ –
left floor U+230A ⌊ –
right floor U+230B ⌋ –
left double parenthesis U+2E28 ⸨ –
right double parenthesis U+2E29 ⸩ –
left square bracket with quill U+2045 ⁅ –
right square bracket with quill U+2046 ⁆ –
top left half bracket U+2E22 ⸢ –
top right half bracket U+2E23 ⸣ –
bottom left half bracket U+2E24 ⸤ –
bottom right half bracket U+2E25 ⸥ –
medium left parenthesis ornament U+2768 ❨ –
medium right parenthesis ornament U+2769 ❩ –
medium flattened left parenthesis ornament U+276A ❪ –
medium flattened right parenthesis ornament U+276B ❫ –
medium left-pointing angle bracket ornament U+276C ❬ –
medium right-pointing angle bracket ornament U+276D ❭ –
heavy left-pointing angle quotation mark ornament U+276E ❮ –
heavy right-pointing angle quotation mark ornament U+276F ❯ –
heavy left-pointing angle bracket ornament U+2770 ❰ –
heavy right-pointing angle bracket ornament U+2771 ❱ –
light left tortoise shell bracket ornament U+2772 ❲ –
light right tortoise shell bracket ornament U+2773 ❳ –
medium left curly bracket ornament U+2774 ❴ –
medium right curly bracket ornament U+2775 ❵ –
left-pointing curved angle bracket U+29FC ⧼ –
right-pointing curved angle bracket U+29FD ⧽ –
cute left bracket (Yi radical) U+A4B0 ꒰ –
cute right bracket (Yi radical) U+A4B1 ꒱ –

Parentheses, brackets and braces

In American English, ( ) are parentheses, [ ] are brackets or square brackets, { } are braces or curly brackets, and ⟨ ⟩ are angle brackets. British English calls ( ) round brackets, or simply brackets.

Parentheses hold asides and abbreviations. Square brackets mark words added to a quotation, such as "she [the manager] agreed", or flag an error in the original with [sic]. Curly braces group code blocks and list the members of a set in math, as in {1, 2, 3}.

Lenticular 【 】 and corner 「 」 brackets

The thick lenticular brackets 【 】 come from Chinese and Japanese typography, where they highlight headings, labels and key terms. Corner brackets 「 」 are Japanese quotation marks, and white corner brackets 『 』 mark a quote inside a quote or the title of a book. Double angle brackets 《 》 enclose book titles in Chinese.

Outside Asia these brackets have become a style tool. Gamers frame clan tags and names (【ＫＮＩＧＨＴ】), video titles use labels like 【Official Video】, and aesthetic bios wrap a word or emoji in ꒰ ꒱ or 『 』. They are plain text, so they paste into Discord, Instagram and most game name fields that accept Unicode. Fill the frame with styled letters from the fancy text generator.

Math brackets and how to type brackets

Mathematicians use ⟨ ⟩ for inner products and averages, ⌈ ⌉ and ⌊ ⌋ for the ceiling and floor functions, and ⟦ ⟧ in computer science semantics. Use the math angle brackets ⟨ ⟩ rather than the less-than and greater-than signs < >, which have different shapes and spacing.

On a US keyboard, parentheses are Shift + 9 and Shift + 0, square brackets have their own keys to the right of P, and braces are the same keys with Shift. Lenticular and corner brackets have no standard shortcut outside a Japanese or Chinese keyboard, so copy them here. For quote marks, see quotation mark symbols; for frames and boxes, see border symbols.

Frequently asked questions

What are 【 】 brackets called?

They are black lenticular brackets (U+3010 and U+3011). Chinese and Japanese use them for headings and emphasis, and they are popular for decorating names.

What is the difference between brackets and parentheses?

Parentheses ( ) are round and brackets [ ] are square. In British English, "brackets" often means the round ones too.

How do I type curly brackets?

On a US keyboard, hold Shift and press the square bracket keys to the right of P to get { and }.