⟪ ⟫

⟪ U+27EA, ⟪ MATHEMATICAL LEFT DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟩ [U+27E9] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟫ → [U+27EB]

⟫ U+27EB, ⟫ MATHEMATICAL RIGHT DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟪ [U+27EA] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟬ → [U+27EC]

See also: « », ⟨ ⟩, and 《 》

Translingual

Angle brackets.

Etymology

Doubling to iconically indicate greater fidelity.

Punctuation mark

⟪ ⟫

1. (linguistics, epigraphy) May contrast with ⟨ ⟩ to distinguish ⟪original orthography⟫ from ⟨transliteration⟩, or the ⟪idiosyncratic spelling⟫ of a manuscript from the ⟨normalized orthography⟩ of the language.