Unicode Character "⦏" (U+298F)

The character ⦏ (LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH TICK IN BOTTOM CORNER) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+298F. 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+298E).

Main Unicode Properties

Name LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH TICK IN BOTTOM CORNER
Unicode Codepoint U+298F
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+298E)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+298F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⦏
HTML (hex) ⦏
HTML (named) ⦏
URL Escape Code %E2%A6%8F
CSS \298F
JavaScript \u{298F}
JSON \u298F
C, C++ \U0000298F
Java \u298F
Python \U0000298F
Rust \u{298F}
Ruby \u{298F}

How to type "⦏"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA6 0x8F
UTF-16 (hex) 0x298F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000298F

References