First, this article is NOT about Adobe Brackets code editor. If you are looking for Brackets editor then checkout our tutorial on using the editor here. This article is about inserting various bracket symbols in your documents using keyboard shortcuts.
Do you know there are more than 150 bracket symbols available? And you can insert all these symbols on Windows and Mac documents using alt code keyboard shortcuts. In technical terms, there are many names for brackets like square brackets, parenthesis and braces. However, most of these brackets are part of general punctuation symbols in Unicode.
List of Bracket Symbol Shortcuts
Here is a list of 150+ shortcuts for various bracket symbols. Use search box to filter the result.
Bracket Symbol | Bracket Symbol Name | Windows Shortcut | Mac Shortcut |
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[ | Left Square Bracket | Alt + 0091 | Option + 005B |
] | Right Square Bracket | Alt + 0093 | Option + 005D |
{ | Left Curly Bracket or Left Brace | Alt + 0123 | Option + 007B |
} | Right Curly Bracket or Right Brace | Alt + 0125 | Option + 007D |
⁅ | Left Square Bracket with Quill | Alt + 8261 | Option + 2045 |
⁆ | Right Square Bracket with Quill | Alt + 8262 | Option + 2046 |
〈 | Left Angle Bracket | Alt + 9001 | Option + 2329 |
〉 | Right Angle Bracket | Alt + 9002 | Option + 232A |
⎡ | Left Square Bracket Upper Corner | Alt + 9121 | Option + 23A1 |
⎢ | Left Square Bracket Extension | Alt + 9122 | Option + 23A2 |
⎣ | Left Square Bracket Lower Corner | Alt + 9123 | Option + 23A3 |
⎤ | Right Square Bracket Upper Corner | Alt + 9124 | Option + 23A4 |
⎥ | Right Square Bracket Extension | Alt + 9125 | Option + 23A5 |
⎦ | Right Square Bracket Lower Corner | Alt + 9126 | Option + 23A6 |
⎧ | Left Curly Bracket Upper Hook | Alt + 9127 | Option + 23A7 |
⎨ | Left Curly Bracket Middle Piece | Alt + 9128 | Option + 23A8 |
⎩ | Left Curly Bracket Lower Hook | Alt + 9129 | Option + 23A9 |
⎪ | Curly Bracket Extension | Alt + 9130 | Option + 23AA |
⎫ | Right Curly Bracket Upper Hook | Alt + 9131 | Option + 23AB |
⎬ | Right Curly Bracket Middle Piece | Alt + 9132 | Option + 23AC |
⎭ | Right Curly Bracket Lower Hook | Alt + 9133 | Option + 23AD |
⎰ | Upper Left Or Lower Right Curly Bracket | Alt + 9136 | Option + 23B0 |
⎱ | Upper Right Or Lower Left Curly Bracket | Alt + 9137 | Option + 23B1 |
⎴ | Top Square Bracket | Alt + 9140 | Option + 23B4 |
⎵ | Bottom Square Bracket | Alt + 9141 | Option + 23B5 |
⎶ | Bottom Square Bracket Over Top Square Bracket | Alt + 9142 | Option + 23B6 |
⏞ | Top Curly Bracket | Alt + 9182 | Option + 23DE |
⏟ | Bottom Curly Bracket | Alt + 9183 | Option + 23DF |
⏠ | Top Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 9184 | Option + 23E0 |
❬ | Medium Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10092 | Option + 276C |
❭ | Medium Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10093 | Option + 276D |
❰ | Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10096 | Option + 2770 |
❱ | Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10097 | Option + 2771 |
❲ | Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10098 | Option + 2772 |
❳ | Light Right Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10099 | Option + 2773 |
❴ | Medium Left Curly Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10100 | Option + 2774 |
❵ | Medium Right Curly Bracket Ornament | Alt + 10101 | Option + 2775 |
⟦ | Mathematical Left White Square Bracket | Alt + 10214 | Option + 27E6 |
⟧ | Mathematical Right White Square Bracket | Alt + 10215 | Option + 27E7 |
⟨ | Mathematical Left Angle Bracket | Alt + 10216 | Option + 27E8 |
⟩ | Mathematical Right Angle Bracket | Alt + 10217 | Option + 27E9 |
⟪ | Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 10218 | Option + 27EA |
⟫ | Mathematical Right Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 10219 | Option + 27EB |
⟬ | Mathematical Left White Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 10220 | Option + 27EC |
⟭ | Mathematical Right White Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 10221 | Option + 27ED |
⦃ | Left White Curly Bracket | Alt + 10627 | Option + 2983 |
⦄ | Right White Curly Bracket | Alt + 10628 | Option + 2984 |
⦇ | Z Notation Left Image Bracket | Alt + 10631 | Option + 2987 |
⦈ | Z Notation Right Image Bracket | Alt + 10632 | Option + 2988 |
⦉ | Z Notation Left Binding Bracket | Alt + 10633 | Option + 2989 |
⦊ | Z Notation Right Binding Bracket | Alt + 10634 | Option + 298A |
⦋ | Left Square Bracket With Underbar | Alt + 10635 | Option + 298B |
⦌ | Right Square Bracket With Underbar | Alt + 10636 | Option + 298C |
⦍ | Left Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner | Alt + 10637 | Option + 298D |
⦎ | Right Square Bracket With Tick In Bottom Corner | Alt + 10638 | Option + 298E |
⦏ | Left Square Bracket With Tick In Bottom Corner | Alt + 10639 | Option + 298F |
⦐ | Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner | Alt + 10640 | Option + 2990 |
⦑ | Left Angle Bracket With Dot | Alt + 10641 | Option + 2991 |
⦒ | Right Angle Bracket With Dot | Alt + 10642 | Option + 2992 |
⦓ | Left Arc Less-Than Bracket | Alt + 10643 | Option + 2993 |
⦔ | Right Arc Greater-Than Bracket | Alt + 10644 | Option + 2994 |
⦕ | Double Left Arc Greater-Than Bracket | Alt + 10645 | Option + 2995 |
⦖ | Double Right Arc Less-Than Bracket | Alt + 10646 | Option + 2996 |
⦗ | Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 10647 | Option + 2997 |
⦘ | Right Black Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 10648 | Option + 2998 |
⧼ | Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket | Alt + 10748 | Option + 29FC |
⧽ | Right-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket | Alt + 10749 | Option + 29FD |
⸂ | Left Substitution Bracket | Alt + 11778 | Option + 2E02 |
⸃ | Right Substitution Bracket | Alt + 11779 | Option + 2E03 |
⸄ | Left Dotted Substitution Bracket | Alt + 11780 | Option + 2E04 |
⸅ | Right Dotted Substitution Bracket | Alt + 11781 | Option + 2E05 |
⸉ | Left Transposition Bracket | Alt + 11785 | Option + 2E09 |
⸊ | Right Transposition Bracket | Alt + 11786 | Option + 2E0A |
⸌ | Left Raised Omission Bracket | Alt + 11788 | Option + 2E0C |
⸍ | Right Raised Omission Bracket | Alt + 11789 | Option + 2E0D |
⸜ | Left Low Paraphrase Bracket | Alt + 11804 | Option + 2E1C |
⸝ | Right Low Paraphrase Bracket | Alt + 11805 | Option + 2E1D |
⸢ | Top Left Half Bracket | Alt + 11810 | Option + 2E22 |
⸣ | Top Right Half Bracket | Alt + 11811 | Option + 2E23 |
⸤ | Bottom Left Half Bracket | Alt + 11812 | Option + 2E24 |
⸥ | Bottom Right Half Bracket | Alt + 11813 | Option + 2E25 |
⸦ | Left Sideways U Bracket | Alt + 11814 | Option + 2E26 |
⸧ | Right Sideways U Bracket | Alt + 11815 | Option + 2E27 |
〈 | Left Angle Bracket | Alt + 12296 | Option + 3008 |
〉 | Right Angle Bracket | Alt + 12297 | Option + 3009 |
《 | Left Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 12298 | Option + 300A |
》 | Right Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 12299 | Option + 300B |
「 | Left Corner Bracket | Alt + 12300 | Option + 300C |
」 | Right Corner Bracket | Alt + 12301 | Option + 300D |
『 | Left White Corner Bracket | Alt + 12302 | Option + 300E |
』 | Right White Corner Bracket | Alt + 12303 | Option + 300F |
【 | Left Black Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 12304 | Option + 3010 |
】 | Right Black Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 12305 | Option + 3011 |
〔 | Left Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 12308 | Option + 3014 |
〕 | Right Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 12309 | Option + 3015 |
〖 | Left White Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 12310 | Option + 3016 |
〗 | Right White Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 12311 | Option + 3017 |
〘 | Left White Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 12312 | Option + 3018 |
〙 | Right White Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 12313 | Option + 3019 |
〚 | Left White Square Bracket | Alt + 12314 | Option + 301A |
〛 | Right White Square Bracket | Alt + 12315 | Option + 301B |
︗ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left White Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 65047 | Option + FE17 |
︘ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right White Lenticular Brakcet | Alt + 65048 | Option + FE18 |
︷ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Curly Bracket | Alt + 65079 | Option + FE37 |
︸ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Curly Bracket | Alt + 65080 | Option + FE38 |
︹ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 65081 | Option + FE39 |
︺ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 65082 | Option + FE3A |
︻ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Black Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 65083 | Option + FE3B |
︼ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Black Lenticular Bracket | Alt + 65084 | Option + FE3C |
︽ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 65085 | Option + FE3D |
︾ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Double Angle Bracket | Alt + 65086 | Option + FE3E |
︿ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Angle Bracket | Alt + 65087 | Option + FE3F |
﹀ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Angle Bracket | Alt + 65088 | Option + FE40 |
﹁ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Corner Bracket | Alt + 65089 | Option + FE41 |
﹂ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Corner Bracket | Alt + 65090 | Option + FE42 |
﹃ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left White Corner Bracket | Alt + 65091 | Option + FE43 |
﹄ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right White Corner Bracket | Alt + 65092 | Option + FE44 |
﹇ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Square Bracket | Alt + 65095 | Option + FE47 |
﹈ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Square Bracket | Alt + 65096 | Option + FE48 |
﹛ | Small Left Curly Bracket | Alt + 65115 | Option + FE5B |
﹜ | Small Right Curly Bracket | Alt + 65116 | Option + FE5C |
﹝ | Small Left Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 65117 | Option + FE5D |
﹞ | Small Right Tortoise Shell Bracket | Alt + 65118 | Option + FE5E |
[ | Fullwidth Left Square Bracket | Alt + 65339 | Option + FF3B |
] | Fullwidth Right Square Bracket | Alt + 65341 | Option + FF3D |
{ | Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket | Alt + 65371 | Option + FF5B |
} | Fullwidth Right Curly Bracket | Alt + 65373 | Option + FF5D |
「 | Halfwidth Left Corner Bracket | Alt + 65378 | Option + FF62 |
」 | Halfwidth Right Corner Bracket | Alt + 65379 | Option + FF63 |
( | Left Parenthesis | Alt + 0040 | Option + 0028 |
) | Right Parenthesis | Alt + 0041 | Option + 0029 |
⁽ | Superscript Left Parenthesis | Alt + 8317 | Option + 207D |
⁾ | Superscript Right Parenthesis | Alt + 8318 | Option + 207E |
₍ | Subscript Left Parenthesis | Alt + 8333 | Option + 208D |
₎ | Subscript Right Parenthesis | Alt + 8334 | Option + 208E |
⎛ | Left Parenthesis Upper Hook | Alt + 9115 | Option + 239B |
⎜ | Left Parenthesis Extension | Alt + 9116 | Option + 239C |
⎝ | Left Parenthesis Lower Hook | Alt + 9117 | Option + 239D |
⎞ | Right Parenthesis Upper Hook | Alt + 9118 | Option + 239E |
⎟ | Right Parenthesis Extension | Alt + 9119 | Option + 239F |
⎠ | Right Parenthesis Lower Hook | Alt + 9120 | Option + 23A0 |
⏜ | Top Parenthesis | Alt + 9180 | Option + 23DC |
⏝ | Bottom Parenthesis | Alt + 9181 | Option + 23DD |
❨ | Medium Left Parenthesis Ornament | Alt + 10088 | Option + 2768 |
❩ | Medium Right Parenthesis Ornament | Alt + 10089 | Option + 2769 |
❪ | Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament | Alt + 10090 | Option + 276A |
❫ | Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament | Alt + 10091 | Option + 276B |
⟮ | Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis | Alt + 10222 | Option + 27EE |
⟯ | Mathematical Right Flattened Parenthesis | Alt + 10223 | Option + 27EF |
⦅ | Left White Parenthesis | Alt + 10629 | Option + 2985 |
⦆ | Right White Parenthesis | Alt + 10630 | Option + 2986 |
⸨ | Left Double Parenthesis | Alt + 11816 | Option + 2E28 |
⸩ | Right Double Parenthesis | Alt + 11817 | Option + 2E29 |
﴾ | Ornate Left Parenthesis | Alt + 64830 | Option + FD3E |
﴿ | Ornate Right Parenthesis | Alt + 64831 | Option + FD3F |
︵ | Presentation Form For Vertical Left Parenthesis | Alt + 65077 | Option + FE35 |
︶ | Presentation Form For Vertical Right Parenthesis | Alt + 65078 | Option + FE36 |
﹙ | Small Left Parenthesis | Alt + 65113 | Option + FE59 |
﹚ | Small Right Parenthesis | Alt + 65114 | Option + FE5A |
( | Fullwidth Left Parenthesis | Alt + 65288 | Option + FF08 |
) | Fullwidth Right Parenthesis | Alt + 65289 | Option + FF09 |
⦅ | Fullwidth Left White Parenthesis | Alt + 65375 | Option + FF5F |
⦆ | Fullwidth Right White Parenthesis | Alt + 65376 | Option + FF60 |
Inserting Brackets Symbols
There are three types of brackets available on a standard keyboard:
- Parenthesis ( )
- Braces or curly brackets { } and
- Square brackets [ ]
However, you can use alt keys in Windows and option keys in Mac to insert special double bracket symbols like⦅ ⦆.
Using Bracket Symbols in Windows
- On Windows based documents, hold the alt key and type the decimal code in the first column of the below table. For example, alt 12298 will produce left double angle bracket like《.
- In Microsoft Word documents, you can use the hexadecimal code in the second column of the below table with alt and x keys. For example, type FD3F then press alt and x keys to produce ornate right parenthesis like ﴿.
Using Bracket Symbols in Mac
- On Mac, you can use the hexadecimal code given in the second column of the table.
- Change the input method to Unicode Hex Input from the top menu bar.
- Press one of the alt or option keys and type 29FD to produce right pointing curved angle bracket like ⧽. You can use all 4 digits code using this method.
Font and Size Variations
You can change the font and size of the bracket symbols similar to any other text on your Word or Pages documents. Below are some size variations to show how it will look.
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❱
⟫
⦄
⦊
⦖
Using Bracket Symbols in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Besides Windows and Mac documents, you can also the shortcuts in web documents like HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- In HTML, use the decimal codes with the prefix &#. For example & # 9182; (without spaces) will produce top curly bracket like ⏞. Some brackets also have entity name which you can directly use instead of the code like & lbrace; (without spaces) to produce left curly bracket like {.
- Use the hex code in CSS and JavaScript like \23DE; and \u23DE respectively.
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