What 〛 means
It closes a span opened by 〚. A Japanese punctuation reference calls 〚〛 二重角括弧 (“double angle brackets”) and, in 2015, lists no particular use for the pair.
A Unicode discussion in 1999 noted mathematical use and said the pair had entered Unicode’s collection of Chinese, Japanese and Korean symbols from a source in that same group.
Specialist punctuation with a literal closing-bracket role.
Alone, 〛 is a closing mark without its opening partner 〚.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Wolfram Language: the second element of list.
Wolfram Language: the part of m at positions i and j.
Semantic brackets: the meaning of expression x.
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.
More like this
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Collections with 〛
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How to type or find 〛
- Search it as
- 〛 · 〚〛 · CJK bracket · double angle brackets · type 〛
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
〛CSS
\301BUnicode input
How to type 〛: use your editor’s Unicode-entry command if it supports one; the ordinary ] key inserts a different character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
〛
HTML hex
〛
CSS content
content: "\301B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%80%9B
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.