Unicode Character "（" (U+FF08)

The character （ (Fullwidth Left Parenthesis) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF08. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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+FF09).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Fullwidth Left Parenthesis
Unicode Codepoint U+FF08
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ） (U+FF09)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+FF08 Conversion

HTML (decimal) （
HTML (hex) （
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BC%88
CSS \00FF08
JavaScript, JSON \uFF08
C, C++, Java \uFF08
Python \uFF08
Rust \u{FF08}
Ruby \uFF08

How to type "（"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBC 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF08
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF08

References