Unicode Character "⟬" (U+27EC)

The character ⟬ (MATHEMATICAL LEFT WHITE TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27EC. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.1 (April, 2008). It is HTML encoded as ⟬. Its mirrored character is ⟭ (U+27ED).

Main Unicode Properties

Name MATHEMATICAL LEFT WHITE TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET
Unicode Codepoint U+27EC
Unicode Version 5.1 (April, 2008)
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Other Unicode Data

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

U+27EC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟬
HTML (hex) ⟬
HTML (named) ⟬
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%AC
CSS \27EC
JavaScript \u{27EC}
JSON \u27EC
C, C++ \U000027EC
Java \u27EC
Python \U000027EC
Rust \u{27EC}
Ruby \u{27EC}

How to type "⟬"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27EC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027EC

References