⁅ is the Unicode character LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL, code point U+2045 (decimal 8261) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⁅, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 85.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2045 |
| Decimal | 8261 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 85 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2045 |
| UTF-32 | 00002045 |
| HTML decimal | ⁅ |
| HTML hex | ⁅ |
| CSS | \2045 |
| JavaScript | \u2045 |
| JSON | \u2045 |
| Python | \u2045 |
| Python by name | \N{LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL} |
| Java, C# | \u2045 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2045} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2045 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%85 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL |
| Code point | U+2045 (decimal 8261) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Ps: Opening punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | Yes |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ‽ U+203D Interrobang
- ‾ U+203E Overline
- ‿ U+203F Undertie
- ⁀ U+2040 Character Tie
- ⁁ U+2041 Caret Insertion Point
- ⁂ U+2042 Asterism
- ⁃ U+2043 Hyphen Bullet
- ⁄ U+2044 Fraction Slash
- ⁆ U+2046 Right Square Bracket With Quill
- ⁇ U+2047 Double Question Mark
- ⁈ U+2048 Question Exclamation Mark
- ⁉ U+2049 Exclamation question mark
- ⁊ U+204A Tironian Sign Et
- ⁋ U+204B Reversed Pilcrow Sign
- ⁌ U+204C Black Leftwards Bullet
- ⁍ U+204D Black Rightwards Bullet
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⁅?
- Use ⁅ (decimal) or ⁅ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2045?
- E2 81 85 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%85.
- How do I write U+2045 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2045. Python: \u2045.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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