〔 is the Unicode character LEFT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET, code point U+3014 (decimal 12308) in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write 〔, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 80 94.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+3014 |
| Decimal | 12308 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 80 94 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 3014 |
| UTF-32 | 00003014 |
| HTML decimal | 〔 |
| HTML hex | 〔 |
| CSS | \3014 |
| JavaScript | \u3014 |
| JSON | \u3014 |
| Python | \u3014 |
| Python by name | \N{LEFT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET} |
| Java, C# | \u3014 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3014} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u3014 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%80%94 |
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 TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET |
| Code point | U+3014 (decimal 12308) |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation (U+3000–U+303F) |
| 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 CJK Symbols and Punctuation
- 「 U+300C Left Corner Bracket
- 」 U+300D Right Corner Bracket
- 『 U+300E Left White Corner Bracket
- 』 U+300F Right White Corner Bracket
- 【 U+3010 Left Black Lenticular Bracket
- 】 U+3011 Right Black Lenticular Bracket
- 〒 U+3012 Postal Mark
- 〓 U+3013 Geta Mark
- 〕 U+3015 Right Tortoise Shell Bracket
- 〖 U+3016 Left White Lenticular Bracket
- 〗 U+3017 Right White Lenticular Bracket
- 〘 U+3018 Left White Tortoise Shell Bracket
- 〙 U+3019 Right White Tortoise Shell Bracket
- 〚 U+301A Left White Square Bracket
- 〛 U+301B Right White Square Bracket
- 〜 U+301C Wave Dash
All 64 characters: CJK Symbols and Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 〔?
- Use 〔 (decimal) or 〔 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+3014?
- E3 80 94 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%80%94.
- How do I write U+3014 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u3014. Python: \u3014.
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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