tortoise shell bracket

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Etymology

Calque from Japanese (きっ)(こう)(かっ)() (kikkōkakko, literally tortoise shell bracket), due to their resemblance to the shell of a tortoise. By surface analysis, tortoise shell +‎ bracket.

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Noun

tortoise shell bracket (plural tortoise shell brackets)

  1. (typography) Either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text.

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