The two frames everyone uses for a gamer tag are borrowed from writing systems that have nothing to do with gaming. κ§ and κ§ are Javanese. π© and πͺ are Egyptian hieroglyphs. That is a good story, and it is also the reason one of the two pairs gets your name rejected and the other one does not.
Last updated: 10 September 2026 · COOLMOJI Editorial Team
58 frames and brackets to copy
Grouped by shape, from bare brackets you can build with up to complete frames. Tap any piece to copy it whole, exactly as published.
Crowns and chess pieces
Matched pairs, ready to wrap
Single brackets to build with
Ornate frames
Hieroglyph wings
Ready-made frames with the name in place
Copy one of these, then replace the word Name. The spacing inside is deliberate: a bracket set with no space around the text reads as cramped in almost every font, and the CJK brackets in particular need it.
What the brackets are actually called
Every name and code point below was read from the Unicode character database rather than copied from another symbol site. The names are more useful than they look, because the name tells you which script a bracket came from, and the script tells you where it will break.
| Character | Code point | Its actual Unicode name | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| κ§ | U+A9C1 |
Javanese Left Rerenggan | |
| κ§ | U+A9C2 |
Javanese Right Rerenggan | |
| ΰΌΊ | U+0F3A |
Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyon | |
| ΰΌ» | U+0F3B |
Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyas | |
| π© | U+131A9 |
Egyptian Hieroglyph L006 | |
| πͺ | U+131AA |
Egyptian Hieroglyph L006A | |
| γ | U+3010 |
Left Black Lenticular Bracket | |
| γ | U+3011 |
Right Black Lenticular Bracket | |
| γ | U+3016 |
Left White Lenticular Bracket | |
| γ | U+3017 |
Right White Lenticular Bracket | |
| γ | U+300C |
Left Corner Bracket | |
| γ | U+300D |
Right Corner Bracket | |
| γ | U+300E |
Left White Corner Bracket | |
| γ | U+300F |
Right White Corner Bracket | |
| γ | U+3014 |
Left Tortoise Shell Bracket | |
| γ | U+3015 |
Right Tortoise Shell Bracket | |
| γ | U+300A |
Left Double Angle Bracket | |
| γ | U+300B |
Right Double Angle Bracket | |
| γ | U+3008 |
Left Angle Bracket | |
| γ | U+3009 |
Right Angle Bracket | |
| β° | U+2770 |
Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | |
| β± | U+2771 |
Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament | |
| βͺ | U+27EA |
Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket | |
| β« | U+27EB |
Mathematical Right Double Angle Bracket | |
| β¦ | U+2985 |
Left White Parenthesis | |
| β¦ | U+2986 |
Right White Parenthesis | |
| β¨ | U+2768 |
Medium Left Parenthesis Ornament | |
| β© | U+2769 |
Medium Right Parenthesis Ornament | |
| β | U+2654 |
White Chess King | |
| β | U+2655 |
White Chess Queen | |
| β | U+265A |
Black Chess King | |
| β | U+265B |
Black Chess Queen |
The two things that decide whether a frame survives
How high the character sits in Unicode. π© and πͺ are EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH L006 and L006A, at U+131A9 and U+131AA. Those code points are far above the Basic Multilingual Plane, which is exactly the range that strict username fields, older game clients and some databases refuse. κ§ and κ§ are Javanese rerenggan at U+A9C1 and U+A9C2 — inside the plane, and correspondingly safer. If your tag keeps getting rejected, this is almost always why, and swapping the hieroglyph wings for the Javanese pair usually fixes it on the first try.
How wide the character is. γ γ γ and the rest of the CJK brackets carry an East Asian Width of Wide, which means they are drawn to fill a full character cell — noticeably broader than a Latin bracket, with air built into the glyph. Two consequences follow. They look balanced with almost no extra spacing, and they can count double against a character limit, so a name that fits in the box with [ ] may not fit with γ γ.
The rest is taste. ΰΌΊ and ΰΌ» are Tibetan marks that curl the way a ribbon does, which is why they read as ornament rather than punctuation. β β β and β are chess pieces from the Miscellaneous Symbols block, so they inherit your text colour and scale with the font — unlike π, which is emoji and will always be painted by the phone.
Building one that still reads as your name
- Frame the name, never interrupt it. A bracket between the letters of a word means nobody can search for the word. Wrap it and leave it intact.
- Use a matched pair. An opening bracket with a different closing bracket is the single most common mistake here, and it reads as a typo rather than as a style.
- One layer, or two at most.
κ§ΰΌΊ Name ΰΌ»κ§is already two layers. Three is where a tag stops looking designed. - Keep the spaces. The frames in the table above are drawn tight to the glyph edge; without a space, the first letter of the name touches the bracket.
- Paste it into the real field before you commit. Not the preview — the saved profile. Fields that strip characters usually do it silently.
Our emoji combos guide works through the same restraint applied to whole arrangements, and the cursed text guide covers what happens when you deliberately go the other way.
FAQ
Why does my π© πͺ tag get rejected but κ§ κ§ works?
The hieroglyphs sit above the Basic Multilingual Plane and the Javanese marks do not. Fields that validate their input tend to allow one range and refuse the other. Nothing about the shapes matters; only where they live in the standard.
Are these frames allowed in game names?
It depends entirely on the game, and the only reliable test is trying it. Assume astral-plane characters fail, assume plain brackets pass, and check anything in between yourself.
Why is there a gap inside my brackets that I did not type?
You are using CJK brackets such as γ and γ. They are full-width by design, so the air is part of the glyph. Remove your own spaces and let the character do the spacing.
Can I use a frame in a hashtag?
No, in practice. Most platforms end the hashtag at the first symbol, so the tag becomes whatever came before the bracket. Put the frame in the display name and leave the hashtag plain.
Do the chess crowns render everywhere?
β β β and β have been in fonts since 1993 and are about as safe as a symbol gets. π is emoji and is the one to watch in a name field.