⟨ ⟩

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⟨ U+27E8, ⟨ MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟧ [U+27E7] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟩ → [U+27E9]

⟩ U+27E9, ⟩ MATHEMATICAL RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟨ [U+27E8] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟪ → [U+27EA]

〈 U+3008, 〈 LEFT ANGLE BRACKET ← 〇 [U+3007] CJK Symbols and Punctuation 〉 → [U+3009]

〉 U+3009, 〉 RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET ← 〈 [U+3008] CJK Symbols and Punctuation 《 → [U+300A]

〈 U+2329, 〈 LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ← ⌨ [U+2328] Miscellaneous Technical 〉 → [U+232A]

〉 U+232A, 〉 RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ← 〈 [U+2329] Miscellaneous Technical ⌫ → [U+232B]

⧼ U+29FC, ⧼ LEFT-POINTING CURVED ANGLE BRACKET ← ⧻ [U+29FB] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B ⧽ → [U+29FD]

⧽ U+29FD, ⧽ RIGHT-POINTING CURVED ANGLE BRACKET ← ⧼ [U+29FC] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B ⧾ → [U+29FE]

❬ U+276C, ❬ MEDIUM LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT ← ❫ [U+276B] Dingbats ❭ → [U+276D]

❭ U+276D, ❭ MEDIUM RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT ← ❬ [U+276C] Dingbats ❮ → [U+276E]

❮ U+276E, ❮ HEAVY LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT ← ❭ [U+276D] Dingbats ❯ → [U+276F]

❯ U+276F, ❯ HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT ← ❮ [U+276E] Dingbats ❰ → [U+2770]

❰ U+2770, ❰ HEAVY LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT ← ❯ [U+276F] Dingbats ❱ → [U+2771]

❱ U+2771, ❱ HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT ← ❰ [U+2770] Dingbats ❲ → [U+2772]

Translingual

Angle brackets.

Symbol

⟨ ⟩

1. (mathematics) Encloses the inner product of two vectors.
2. (mathematics) Denotes the expectation value of something.

Punctuation mark

⟨ ⟩

1. (linguistics) Encloses orthographic representation.
2. (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was mistakenly omitted by the original scribe.

Usage notes

For these uses, the characters U+27E8 and U+27E9 should be used. The characters U+2329 and U+232A are "deprecated and are strongly discouraged for mathematical use because of their canonical equivalence to CJK punctuation."

Alternative forms

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Coordinate terms

• / / (for phonemic representation in linguistics)
• [ ] (for phonetic representation in linguistics)

Chinese

Punctuation mark

〈 〉

1. Encloses titles of books when embedded within a book title.
2. Encloses titles of sections of a book.

See also

• 《 》

Japanese

Punctuation mark

〈 〉

1. Encloses titles of books.