《 》

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U+300A, 《
LEFT DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKET

[U+3009]
CJK Symbols and Punctuation
[U+300B]
U+300B, 》
RIGHT DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKET

[U+300A]
CJK Symbols and Punctuation
[U+300C]

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Russian « », circa 1950s.[1]

Punctuation mark[edit]

  1. Encloses titles of books.
    狂人日記狂人日记  ―  “Kuángrén Rìjì”  ―  Diary of a Madman
  2. (Internet slang) Encloses a text expressing something that is complained to be so "skilled" of the doer that can be written into a book named so. And derivedly, encloses a thing said by one which is thought to be ridiculous.
    關於書名號成為輕小說 [MSC, trad.]
    关于书名号成为轻小说 [MSC, simp.]
    “Guānyú Jiā Ge Shūmínghào Jiù Néng Chéngwéi Qīngxiǎoshuō Zhè Jiàn Shì” [Pinyin]
    About That It Can Be Made Into a Light Novel by Adding Book Title Marks to

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧) (September 29, 2021), “How China Adopted Western Punctuation”, in The World of Chinese[1]