⸂ ⸃

⸂ U+2E02, ⸂ LEFT SUBSTITUTION BRACKET ← ⸁ [U+2E01] Supplemental Punctuation ⸃ → [U+2E03]

⸃ U+2E03, ⸃ RIGHT SUBSTITUTION BRACKET ← ⸂ [U+2E02] Supplemental Punctuation ⸄ → [U+2E04]

⸄ U+2E04, ⸄ LEFT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKET ← ⸃ [U+2E03] Supplemental Punctuation ⸅ → [U+2E05]

⸅ U+2E05, ⸅ RIGHT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKET ← ⸄ [U+2E04] Supplemental Punctuation ⸆ → [U+2E06]

⸂ ⸃

1. (editorial sigla, New Testament) Delimiters for alternative readings: ⟨⸂ ⸃⟩ bracket a sequence that is replaced by other words in some manuscripts.

The alternative readings are given in the apparatus criticus.

When a second alternative reading occurs in a verse, the dotted forms ⟨⸄ ⸅⟩ are used to distinctively mark the second instance.