Japanese symbol for “parenthesis”
小括弧
しょうかっこ
Romaji: shoukakko
parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
In Japanese, parenthesis is 小括弧, read しょうかっこ (shoukakko).
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Meanings
- n parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
Written forms: 小括弧、小かっこ、小カッコ. Readings: しょうかっこ、しょうカッコ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小説 | しょうせつ shousetsu | novel; story; (work of) fiction |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい shougakusei | elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student |
| 小型 | こがた kogata | small-sized; small-scale; miniature |
| 小さい | ちいさい chiisai | small; little; tiny |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 一括 | いっかつ ikkatsu | lumping together; summing up; bundle |
| 包括 | ほうかつ houkatsu | inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness |
| 円弧 | えんこ enko | circular arc |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.