Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Symbol

A symbol from the Bracket Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

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Symbol: 〔
Unicode: U+3014
HTML entity: 〔
Category: Bracket Symbols

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About the left tortoise shell bracket symbol

In Chinese and Japanese writing, this bracket appears as a punctuation mark used to enclose items in bibliographic references, such as book titles or journal volume numbers. It is also found in some East Asian dictionaries to mark headwords or phonetic notation.

〔 is part of the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block and functions as an opening bracket, typically paired with a matching right bracket. Its shape resembles a tortoise shell, which gives it its name, and it is distinct from the more common square brackets used in Western typography.

How to type Left Tortoise Shell Bracket

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 3014 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 3014.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.