Unicode Character "⁅" (U+2045)

The character ⁅ (Left Square Bracket With Quill) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2045. It is encoded in the General Punctuation 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+2046).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Square Bracket With Quill
Unicode Codepoint U+2045
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⁆ (U+2046)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2045 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⁅
HTML (hex) ⁅
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%81%85
CSS \002045
JavaScript, JSON \u2045
C, C++, Java \u2045
Python \u2045
Rust \u{2045}
Ruby \u2045

How to type "⁅"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 4 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 4 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x81 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2045
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002045

References