What ⧼ means
⧼ is the left-pointing curved angle 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, U29FC. In HTML that is ⧼, and in CSS \29FC.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Right-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket
Unicode names ⧽ as the right-pointing curved counterpart to ⧼; the two brackets face opposite directions.
Left-Pointing Angle Bracket
Unicode's character list cross-references ⧼ to 〈, the straight left-pointing angle bracket. The reference establishes a connection, not interchangeability in every notation.
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
- ⧼ meaning · ⧼ vs 〈 · ⧼ and ⧽
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⧼CSS
\29FCCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⧼
HTML hex
⧼
CSS content
content: "\29FC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A7%BC
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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.