Unicode Character "［" (U+FF3B)

The character ［ (Fullwidth Left Square Bracket) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF3B. 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+FF3D).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Fullwidth Left Square Bracket
Unicode Codepoint U+FF3B
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+FF3D)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+FF3B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ［
HTML (hex) ［
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BC%BB
CSS \00FF3B
JavaScript, JSON \uFF3B
C, C++, Java \uFF3B
Python \uFF3B
Rust \u{FF3B}
Ruby \uFF3B

How to type "［"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F F 3 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F F 3 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBC 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF3B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF3B

References