方頭括號

简 方头括号 · 繁 方頭括號
Mandarin · pinyin fāng tóu kuò hào

Meanings

  1. lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

方
fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
括
kuò · include, embrace, enclose
號
Look up this written character
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
号
hào · mark, sign; symbol; number
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–4–4 · fang1 tou2 kuo4 hao4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fong1 tau4 kut3 hou6

Cantonese word readings for 方頭括號. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

fong1 tau4 kut3 hou6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. (typography) lenticular bracket (either of a pair of symbols,【 】, generally used in Chinese and Japanese dictionaries to enclose headwords, and sometimes for other purposes)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack