Unicode Character "｢" (U+FF62)

The character ｢ (HALFWIDTH LEFT CORNER BRACKET) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF62. 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+FF63).

Main Unicode Properties

Name HALFWIDTH LEFT CORNER BRACKET
Unicode Codepoint U+FF62
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+FF63)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+FF62 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ｢
HTML (hex) ｢
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BD%A2
CSS \FF62
JavaScript \u{FF62}
JSON \uFF62
C, C++ \U0000FF62
Java \uFF62
Python \U0000FF62
Rust \u{FF62}
Ruby \u{FF62}

How to type "｢"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBD 0xA2
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF62
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF62

References