Unicode Character "❲" (U+2772)

The character ❲ (Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2772. 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+2773).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament
Unicode Codepoint U+2772
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+2773)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2772 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ❲
HTML (hex) ❲
HTML (named) ❲
URL Escape Code %E2%9D%B2
CSS \002772
JavaScript, JSON \u2772
C, C++, Java \u2772
Python \u2772
Rust \u{2772}
Ruby \u2772

How to type "❲"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9D 0xB2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2772
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002772

References