Unicode Character "⟮" (U+27EE)

The character ⟮ (MATHEMATICAL LEFT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27EE. 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+27EF).

Main Unicode Properties

Name MATHEMATICAL LEFT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS
Unicode Codepoint U+27EE
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+27EF)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+27EE Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟮
HTML (hex) ⟮
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%AE
CSS \27EE
JavaScript \u{27EE}
JSON \u27EE
C, C++ \U000027EE
Java \u27EE
Python \U000027EE
Rust \u{27EE}
Ruby \u{27EE}

How to type "⟮"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xAE
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27EE
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027EE

References