鉤括弧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉤	括	弧
かぎ Hyōgaiji	かつ > かっ Grade: S	こ Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

鉤 (kagi, “hook”) +‎ 括弧 (kakko, “bracket”)

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) かぎがっこ [kàgígáꜜkkò] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲiɡa̠k̚ko̞]

Noun

鉤括弧 (hiragana かぎかっこ, rōmaji kagikakko, historical hiragana かぎくわつこ)

a corner bracket, either of the pair of brackets 「」, serving as a quotation mark in Chinese and Japanese orthography

See also

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