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Use this template to produce the character or characters " { " as ordinary text rather than as part of a link [[ ]], transclusion {{ }}, variable {{{ }}}, etc.

Similar templates

Template call (m for magic word)	Output (delayed interpretation as wikimarkup)	HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikimarkup)
{{!}} (m)	|	| or {{pipe}}
{{}} (m)	=	=
{{!!}}	||	||
{{!(}}	[	[
{{)!}}	]	]
{{!((}}	[[	[[
{{))!}}	]]	]]
{{(}}	{	{
{{)}}	}	}
{{((}}	{{	{{
{{))}}	}}	}}
{{(((}}	{{{	{{{
{{)))}}	}}}	}}}
{{(!}}	{|	{|
{{!-}}	|-	|-
{{!)}}	|}	|}

See also

• Template: \ , which produces " /" (i.e. a slash character preceded by a non-breaking space)
• Template:Square bracket open, which produces " [ " or, as {{square bracket open|2}}, " [[ "
• Template:Square bracket close, which produces " ] " or, as {{square bracket close|2}}, " ]] "

The following templates enclose text inside the indicated symbols:

• Template:Braces, to produce text such as "{{example text}}" (without triggering a transclusion)
• Template:(()), like Template:Braces, except that this does not produce html markup, so that it can be processed and expanded by Lua frame:preprocess() function
• Template:Brackets, to produce text such as "[[example text]]" (without triggering a wikilink)
• Template:Bracket, to produce text such as "[w:example text]" or "[w:example text]"
• Template:Tlf, to produce text such as "{{example text}}" (without triggering a transclusion)

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