Unicode Character "〈" (U+3008)

The character 〈 (Left Angle Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+3008. It is encoded in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as 〈. Its mirrored character is 〉 (U+3009).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Angle Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+3008
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block CJK Symbols and Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character 〉 (U+3009)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+3008 Conversion

HTML (decimal) 〈
HTML (hex) 〈
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E3%80%88
CSS \003008
JavaScript, JSON \u3008
C, C++, Java \u3008
Python \u3008
Rust \u{3008}
Ruby \u3008

How to type "〈"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 3 0 0 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 3 0 0 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE3 0x80 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x3008
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00003008

Characters based on "〈" (U+3008)

  • 〈 U+2329

    Left-Pointing Angle Bracket

  • ︿ U+FE3F

    Presentation Form For Vertical Left Angle Bracket

References