Unicode Character "{" (U+007B)

The character { (Left Curly Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+007B. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as {. Its mirrored character is } (U+007D).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Curly Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+007B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character } (U+007D)

Other Unicode Data

Category Open Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+007B Conversion

HTML (decimal) {
HTML (hex) {
HTML (named) {
URL Escape Code %7B
CSS \00007B
JavaScript, JSON \u007B
C, C++, Java \u007B
Python \u007B
Rust \u{007B}
Ruby \u007B

How to type "{"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 7 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 7 B. Release Alt.

Preview

  • {
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • {
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • {
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x7B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x007B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000007B

Characters based on "{" (U+007B)

References