What ︾ means
It closes a double-angle span in vertical text.
Read it with ︽ as ︽…︾: together, they are the vertical presentation of 《…》. In Chinese punctuation, that pair can mark a work title. Japanese conventions vary by publication: as of 2026-09-14, a humanities discussion reports 《》 for artworks and Noh titles, while other fields prefer 『』. This is a typesetting convention, not a universal chat tone.
Taiwan's CNS11643, a standard for Chinese-character information processing, was published in 1986. It is an early encoding home for vertical punctuation; Unicode later retained separate vertical forms for compatibility with older text.
Why is ︾ different from 》?
︾ is the explicit vertical form; 》 is the nominal closing character.
Unicode's preferred model stores the nominal bracket and lets text orientation determine its appearance. Explicit vertical forms remain for compatibility with older encoded text. In a horizontal line, ︾ can look like a stray closing mark.
Use ︾ when preserving vertical-form text or older encoded data. For ordinary text, use 《…》; vertical layout can display that pair in the appropriate orientation.
A typesetting and encoding character; alone in a message, it reads like an unmatched closing mark.
Use ︾ with ︽ only when preserving vertical-form text; ordinary text uses 《…》.
Don't confuse it with
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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 ︾
︾\FE3ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.