⸢ ⸣

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U+2E22, ⸢
TOP LEFT HALF BRACKET

Supplemental Punctuation

U+2E23, ⸣
TOP RIGHT HALF BRACKET

Supplemental Punctuation

Translingual

Punctuation mark

  1. (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses amended writing where the original scribe has written something else erroneously.
  2. (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing where text has been lost and the restoration is likely but not certain.
  3. (linguistics, in Igor Mel’čuk’s works) Encloses phrasemes.

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