Unicode Character "⦅" (U+2985)

The character ⦅ (Left White Parenthesis) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2985. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B 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+2986).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left White Parenthesis
Unicode Codepoint U+2985
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⦆ (U+2986)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2985 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⦅
HTML (hex) ⦅
HTML (named) ⦅
URL Escape Code %E2%A6%85
CSS \002985
JavaScript, JSON \u2985
C, C++, Java \u2985
Python \u2985
Rust \u{2985}
Ruby \u2985

How to type "⦅"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 9 8 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 9 8 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA6 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2985
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002985

Characters based on "⦅" (U+2985)

References