⎴ is the Unicode character TOP SQUARE BRACKET, code point U+23B4 (decimal 9140) in the Miscellaneous Technical block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⎴, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8E B4.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+23B4 |
| Decimal | 9140 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8E B4 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 23B4 |
| UTF-32 | 000023B4 |
| HTML decimal | ⎴ |
| HTML hex | ⎴ |
| HTML named | ⎴ ⎴ |
| CSS | \23B4 |
| JavaScript | \u23B4 |
| JSON | \u23B4 |
| Python | \u23B4 |
| Python by name | \N{TOP SQUARE BRACKET} |
| Java, C# | \u23B4 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{23B4} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u23B4 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8E%B4 |
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 | TOP SQUARE BRACKET |
| Code point | U+23B4 (decimal 9140) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
- ⎬ U+23AC Right Curly Bracket Middle Piece
- ⎭ U+23AD Right Curly Bracket Lower Hook
- ⎮ U+23AE Integral Extension
- ⎯ U+23AF Horizontal Line Extension
- ⎰ U+23B0 Upper Left Or Lower Right Curly Bracket Section
- ⎱ U+23B1 Upper Right Or Lower Left Curly Bracket Section
- ⎲ U+23B2 Summation Top
- ⎳ U+23B3 Summation Bottom
- ⎵ U+23B5 Bottom Square Bracket
- ⎶ U+23B6 Bottom Square Bracket Over Top Square Bracket
- ⎷ U+23B7 Radical Symbol Bottom
- ⎸ U+23B8 Left Vertical Box Line
- ⎹ U+23B9 Right Vertical Box Line
- ⎺ U+23BA Horizontal Scan Line-1
- ⎻ U+23BB Horizontal Scan Line-3
- ⎼ U+23BC Horizontal Scan Line-7
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Technical.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⎴?
- Use the named entity ⎴, or ⎴ (decimal) or ⎴ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+23B4?
- E2 8E B4 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8E%B4.
- How do I write U+23B4 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u23B4. Python: \u23B4.
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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