Unicode Character "❬" (U+276C)

The character ❬ (Medium Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+276C. It is encoded in the Dingbats block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ❬. Its mirrored character is ❭ (U+276D).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Medium Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament
Unicode Codepoint U+276C
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Dingbats
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ❭ (U+276D)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+276C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ❬
HTML (hex) ❬
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9D%AC
CSS \00276C
JavaScript, JSON \u276C
C, C++, Java \u276C
Python \u276C
Rust \u{276C}
Ruby \u276C

How to type "❬"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 6 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 6 C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9D 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x276C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000276C

References