How do I type the ⦐ right square bracket with tick in top corner symbol?

On Windows, type 2990 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2990. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ⦐?

Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner is U+2990, written in HTML as &rbrkslu; and in LaTeX as \rbrackurtick. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

What kind of character is ⦐?

Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner is filed under Closing punctuation in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.2. This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.

U+2990 · Closing punctuation

HTML entity

&rbrkslu;

LaTeX

\rbrackurtick

Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner Symbol ⦐

⦐ is right square bracket with tick in top corner. Write it in HTML as &rbrkslu; or paste the character directly. It was added in Unicode 3.2, and Unicode files it under Closing punctuation.

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2990`
HTML hex	`⦐`
HTML decimal	`⦐`
CSS	`\2990`
JavaScript	`\u{2990}`
Python	`\U00002990`
Java / C#	`\u2990`
Rust	`\u{2990}`
Swift	`\u{2990}`
PHP	`\u{2990}`
URL encoded	`%E2%A6%90`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 A6 90`
UTF-16 bytes	`2990`
Base64	`4qaQ`
Decimal	`10640`
HTML entity	`&rbrkslu;`
LaTeX	`\rbrackurtick`
Category	Closing punctuation (Pe)
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.

Other corner characters

Unicode names 10 characters ending in “corner”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.

Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B

Brackets, fences and operators for advanced notation — the ceiling and floor variants, angle brackets and the many circled and squared operators.

All 128 characters in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B →

How to type ⦐

Windows	Type `2990` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “right square bracket with tick in top corner”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2990`, press `Enter`
HTML	`&rbrkslu;`

About Unicode’s Closing punctuation category

This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ⦐ right square bracket with tick in top corner symbol?: On Windows, type 2990 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2990. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⦐?: Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner is U+2990, written in HTML as &rbrkslu; and in LaTeX as \rbrackurtick. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is ⦐?: Right Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner is filed under Closing punctuation in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.2. This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.