｛ is the Unicode character FULLWIDTH LEFT CURLY BRACKET, code point U+FF5B (decimal 65371) in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ｛, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF BD 9B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FF5B |
| Decimal | 65371 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BD 9B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FF5B |
| UTF-32 | 0000FF5B |
| HTML decimal | ｛ |
| HTML hex | ｛ |
| CSS | \FF5B |
| JavaScript | \uFF5B |
| JSON | \uFF5B |
| Python | \uFF5B |
| Python by name | \N{FULLWIDTH LEFT CURLY BRACKET} |
| Java, C# | \uFF5B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FF5B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFF5B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BD%9B |
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 | FULLWIDTH LEFT CURLY BRACKET |
| Code point | U+FF5B (decimal 65371) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
FULLWIDTH LEFT CURLY BRACKET has a compatibility decomposition (wide) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
- ｓ U+FF53 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter S
- ｔ U+FF54 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter T
- ｕ U+FF55 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter U
- ｖ U+FF56 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter V
- ｗ U+FF57 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter W
- ｘ U+FF58 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter X
- ｙ U+FF59 Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Y
- ｚ U+FF5A Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Z
- ｜ U+FF5C Fullwidth Vertical Line
- ｝ U+FF5D Fullwidth Right Curly Bracket
- ～ U+FF5E Fullwidth Tilde
- ｟ U+FF5F Fullwidth Left White Parenthesis
- ｠ U+FF60 Fullwidth Right White Parenthesis
- ｡ U+FF61 Halfwidth Ideographic Full Stop
- ｢ U+FF62 Halfwidth Left Corner Bracket
- ｣ U+FF63 Halfwidth Right Corner Bracket
All 225 characters: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ｛?
- Use ｛ (decimal) or ｛ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FF5B?
- EF BD 9B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BD%9B.
- How do I write U+FF5B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFF5B. Python: \uFF5B.
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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