Unicode Character "⟨" (U+27E8)

The character ⟨ (Mathematical Left Angle Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27E8. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A 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+27E9).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Mathematical Left Angle Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+27E8
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⟩ (U+27E9)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+27E8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟨
HTML (hex) ⟨
HTML (named) ⟨
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%A8
CSS \0027E8
JavaScript, JSON \u27E8
C, C++, Java \u27E8
Python \u27E8
Rust \u{27E8}
Ruby \u27E8

How to type "⟨"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 E 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 E 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xA8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27E8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027E8

References