Unicode Character "⦑" (U+2991)

The character ⦑ (Left Angle Bracket With Dot) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2991. 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+2992).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Angle Bracket With Dot
Unicode Codepoint U+2991
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+2992)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2991 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⦑
HTML (hex) ⦑
HTML (named) ⦑
URL Escape Code %E2%A6%91
CSS \002991
JavaScript, JSON \u2991
C, C++, Java \u2991
Python \u2991
Rust \u{2991}
Ruby \u2991

How to type "⦑"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 9 9 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 9 9 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA6 0x91
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2991
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002991

References