Unicode Character "⦗" (U+2997)

The character ⦗ (Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2997. 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+2998).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+2997
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+2998)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2997 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⦗
HTML (hex) ⦗
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%A6%97
CSS \002997
JavaScript, JSON \u2997
C, C++, Java \u2997
Python \u2997
Rust \u{2997}
Ruby \u2997

How to type "⦗"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 9 9 7. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 9 9 7. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA6 0x97
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2997
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002997

References