What ⸨ means
It marks an editor’s note about a source. With ⸩, it can enclose letters Emperor Claudius added to the Roman alphabet, inverted letters, or a missing image.
In one manuscript, Codex Lesbiacus Leimonos 11, the pair marks words or passages with a doubtful reading, form, or meaning.
Scholarly; the edition’s key defines its exact sense.
Do not use it decoratively in ordinary writing.
Don't confuse it with
2((
⦅Two ordinary opening parentheses, not a single editorial sign.
Left White Parenthesis
A separate white parenthesis, joined at the top.
Questions people ask
1Why does ⸨ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⸨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E28, then Alt+X to get ⸨.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “left double parenthesis”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e28, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⸨CSS
\2E28Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⸨
HTML hex
⸨
CSS content
content: "\2E28";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%B8%A8
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.