What ⦓ means
⦓ is the left arc less-than bracket. Unicode classifies it as an opening bracket and files it in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block; this site shelves it under Maths.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⦓ is a single code point, U2993. In HTML that is ⦓, and in CSS \2993.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⦓ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⦓
- Search it as
- stretchy opening fence · mathematical bracket pair
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⦓CSS
\2993Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⦓
HTML hex
⦓
CSS content
content: "\2993";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A6%93
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.