Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 括

(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up
(bound form) to include; to comprise
to put (text) in brackets
Taiwan pr. (guā)

Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國／赵国 ( Zhào Guó), who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰／长平之战 ( Chángpíngzhī Zhàn) in 260 BC
also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子／马服子 ( Mǎ Fúzǐ)

to include
to embrace
to bring together

parentheses; brackets

to comprise
to include
to involve
to incorporate
to consist of

(math.) vinculum

brief but comprehensive
compendious

(literary) malicious; spiteful

(Tw) to contain
to include
to encompass

see 搜刮 (sōuguā)

parentheses; brackets

to sum up
all-inclusive

to summarize
to sum up

see 概括 (gàikuò)

to summarize; to generalize
briefly; in broad outline

to encompass
to cover

Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談／梦溪笔谈 ( Mèng Xī Bǐtán)

sphincter

round brackets; parentheses ( )

braces
curly brackets { }

braces; curly brackets { }

square brackets ()

generalization

angle brackets < >

parentheses; round brackets ( )

braces; curly brackets { }

square brackets ()

fāngtóukuòhào

lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)

liùjiǎokuòhào

tortoise shell brackets 〔〕