Unicode Character "⸦" (U+2E26)

The character ⸦ (Left Sideways U Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2E26. It is encoded in the Supplemental Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.1 (March, 2008). It is HTML encoded as ⸦. Its mirrored character is ⸧ (U+2E27).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Sideways U Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+2E26
Unicode Version 5.1 (March, 2008)
Block Supplemental Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⸧ (U+2E27)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2E26 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⸦
HTML (hex) ⸦
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%B8%A6
CSS \002E26
JavaScript, JSON \u2E26
C, C++, Java \u2E26
Python \u2E26
Rust \u{2E26}
Ruby \u2E26

How to type "⸦"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 E 2 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 E 2 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xB8 0xA6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2E26
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002E26

References