U+2772 · Opening punctuation
HTML entity
❲
LaTeX
\lbrbrak
Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament Symbol ❲
❲ is light left tortoise shell bracket ornament. Write it in HTML as ❲ or paste the character directly. It was added in Unicode 3.2, and Unicode files it under Opening punctuation.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2772 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ❲ | |
| HTML decimal | ❲ | |
| CSS | \2772 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2772} | |
| Python | \U00002772 | |
| Java / C# | \u2772 | |
| Rust | \u{2772} | |
| Swift | \u{2772} | |
| PHP | \u{2772} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%9D%B2 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9D B2 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2772 | |
| Base64 | 4p2y | |
| Decimal | 10098 | |
| HTML entity | ❲ | |
| LaTeX | \lbrbrak | |
| Category | Opening punctuation (Ps) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 3.2 | |
Will ❲ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ❲ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ❲ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ❲ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Dingbats
Zapf Dingbats, encoded character for character: ornamental stars, crosses, check marks, scissors and pointing hands. The check marks and crosses here are the ones most often pasted into documents and spreadsheets.
How to type ❲
| Windows | Type 2772 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “light left tortoise shell bracket ornament” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2772, press Enter |
| HTML | ❲ |
About Unicode’s Opening punctuation category
This is an opening bracket. Editors that highlight matching pairs, and bidirectional text algorithms, both key off this category rather than off the glyph.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ❲ light left tortoise shell bracket ornament symbol?
- On Windows, type 2772 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2772. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ❲?
- Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament is U+2772, written in HTML as ❲ and in LaTeX as \lbrbrak. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ❲?
- Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament is filed under Opening punctuation in the Dingbats block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.2. This is an opening bracket. Editors that highlight matching pairs, and bidirectional text algorithms, both key off this category rather than off the glyph.