Unicode Character "⦋" (U+298B)

The character ⦋ (Left Square Bracket With Underbar) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+298B. 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+298C).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Square Bracket With Underbar
Unicode Codepoint U+298B
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+298C)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+298B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⦋
HTML (hex) ⦋
HTML (named) ⦋
URL Escape Code %E2%A6%8B
CSS \00298B
JavaScript, JSON \u298B
C, C++, Java \u298B
Python \u298B
Rust \u{298B}
Ruby \u298B

How to type "⦋"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA6 0x8B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x298B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000298B

References