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)