Unicode Character "⌈" (U+2308)

The character (Left Ceiling) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2308. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical 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+2309).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Ceiling
Unicode Codepoint U+2308
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character (U+2309)

Other Unicode Data

U+2308 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⌈
HTML (hex) ⌈
HTML (named) ⌈
URL Escape Code %E2%8C%88
CSS \002308
JavaScript, JSON \u2308
C, C++, Java \u2308
Python \u2308
Rust \u{2308}
Ruby \u2308

How to type "⌈"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 0 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 0 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8C 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2308
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002308

References