Unicode Character "₍" (U+208D)

The character ₍ (SUBSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+208D. It is encoded in the Superscripts and Subscripts 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+208E).

Main Unicode Properties

Name SUBSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS
Unicode Codepoint U+208D
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Superscripts and Subscripts
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ₎ (U+208E)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+208D Conversion

HTML (decimal) ₍
HTML (hex) ₍
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%82%8D
CSS \208D
JavaScript \u{208D}
JSON \u208D
C, C++ \U0000208D
Java \u208D
Python \U0000208D
Rust \u{208D}
Ruby \u{208D}

How to type "₍"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 8 D. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 8 D. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0x8D
UTF-16 (hex) 0x208D
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000208D

References