diff --git a/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/Strikethrough.java b/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/Strikethrough.java
index b4ecfce2f..115ae9ea4 100644
--- a/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/Strikethrough.java
+++ b/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/Strikethrough.java
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 package org.commonmark.ext.gfm.strikethrough;
 
 import org.commonmark.node.CustomNode;
+import org.commonmark.node.Delimited;
 
 /**
  * A strikethrough node containing text and other inline nodes nodes as children.
  */
-public class Strikethrough extends CustomNode {
+public class Strikethrough extends CustomNode implements Delimited {
+
+    private static final String DELIMITER = "~~";
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOpeningDelimiter() {
+        return DELIMITER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClosingDelimiter() {
+        return DELIMITER;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/test/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/StrikethroughTest.java b/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/test/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/StrikethroughTest.java
index d65c1557d..12bcf2a49 100644
--- a/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/test/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/StrikethroughTest.java
+++ b/commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough/src/test/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/strikethrough/StrikethroughTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import org.commonmark.Extension;
 import org.commonmark.html.HtmlRenderer;
+import org.commonmark.node.Node;
 import org.commonmark.parser.Parser;
 import org.commonmark.test.RenderingTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 public class StrikethroughTest extends RenderingTestCase {
 
     private static final Set<Extension> EXTENSIONS = Collections.singleton(StrikethroughExtension.create());
@@ -63,6 +66,14 @@ public void insideBlockQuote() {
                 "<blockquote>\n<p>strike <del>that</del></p>\n</blockquote>\n");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void delimited() {
+        Node document = PARSER.parse("~~foo~~");
+        Strikethrough strikethrough = (Strikethrough) document.getFirstChild().getFirstChild();
+        assertEquals("~~", strikethrough.getOpeningDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("~~", strikethrough.getClosingDelimiter());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String render(String source) {
         return RENDERER.render(PARSER.parse(source));
diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/EmphasisDelimiterProcessor.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/EmphasisDelimiterProcessor.java
index 3e83dd7a9..1b9ebc371 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/EmphasisDelimiterProcessor.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/EmphasisDelimiterProcessor.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package org.commonmark.internal.inline;
 
-import org.commonmark.parser.DelimiterProcessor;
 import org.commonmark.node.Emphasis;
 import org.commonmark.node.Node;
 import org.commonmark.node.StrongEmphasis;
 import org.commonmark.node.Text;
+import org.commonmark.parser.DelimiterProcessor;
 
 public abstract class EmphasisDelimiterProcessor implements DelimiterProcessor {
 
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ public int getDelimiterUse(int openerCount, int closerCount) {
 
     @Override
     public void process(Text opener, Text closer, int delimiterUse) {
-        Node emphasis = delimiterUse == 1 ? new Emphasis() : new StrongEmphasis();
+        String singleDelimiter = String.valueOf(getDelimiterChar());
+        Node emphasis = delimiterUse == 1
+                ? new Emphasis(singleDelimiter)
+                : new StrongEmphasis(singleDelimiter + singleDelimiter);
 
         Node tmp = opener.getNext();
         while (tmp != null && tmp != closer) {
diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Delimited.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Delimited.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef02c84ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Delimited.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.commonmark.node;
+
+/**
+ * A node that uses delimiters in the source form (e.g. <code>*bold*</code>).
+ */
+public interface Delimited {
+
+    /**
+     * @return the opening (beginning) delimiter, e.g. <code>*</code>
+     */
+    String getOpeningDelimiter();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the closing (ending) delimiter, e.g. <code>*</code>
+     */
+    String getClosingDelimiter();
+}
diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Emphasis.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Emphasis.java
index 3f7c86051..9877e7b63 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Emphasis.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/Emphasis.java
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 package org.commonmark.node;
 
-public class Emphasis extends Node {
+public class Emphasis extends Node implements Delimited {
+
+    private String delimiter;
+
+    public Emphasis() {
+    }
+
+    public Emphasis(String delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    public void setDelimiter(String delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOpeningDelimiter() {
+        return delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClosingDelimiter() {
+        return delimiter;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void accept(Visitor visitor) {
diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/StrongEmphasis.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/StrongEmphasis.java
index 26ab4fbf5..dbff571cd 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/StrongEmphasis.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/node/StrongEmphasis.java
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 package org.commonmark.node;
 
-public class StrongEmphasis extends Node {
+public class StrongEmphasis extends Node implements Delimited {
+
+    private String delimiter;
+
+    public StrongEmphasis() {
+    }
+
+    public StrongEmphasis(String delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    public void setDelimiter(String delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOpeningDelimiter() {
+        return delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClosingDelimiter() {
+        return delimiter;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void accept(Visitor visitor) {
diff --git a/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/DelimitedTest.java b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/DelimitedTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a34a32c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/DelimitedTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.commonmark.test;
+
+import org.commonmark.node.*;
+import org.commonmark.parser.Parser;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class DelimitedTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void emphasisDelimiters() {
+        String input = "* *emphasis* \n"
+                + "* **strong** \n"
+                + "* _important_ \n"
+                + "* __CRITICAL__ \n";
+
+        Parser parser = Parser.builder().build();
+        Node document = parser.parse(input);
+
+        final List<Delimited> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        Visitor visitor = new AbstractVisitor() {
+            @Override
+            public void visit(Emphasis node) {
+                list.add(node);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void visit(StrongEmphasis node) {
+                list.add(node);
+            }
+        };
+        document.accept(visitor);
+
+        assertEquals(4, list.size());
+
+        Delimited emphasis = list.get(0);
+        Delimited strong = list.get(1);
+        Delimited important = list.get(2);
+        Delimited critical = list.get(3);
+
+        assertEquals("*", emphasis.getOpeningDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("*", emphasis.getClosingDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("**", strong.getOpeningDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("**", strong.getClosingDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("_", important.getOpeningDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("_", important.getClosingDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("__", critical.getOpeningDelimiter());
+        assertEquals("__", critical.getClosingDelimiter());
+    }
+}