What ❨ means
❨ is the medium left parenthesis ornament. Unicode classifies it as an opening bracket and files it in the Dingbats block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
❨ is a single code point, U+2768. In HTML that is ❨, and in CSS \2768.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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.
How to type ❨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2768, then Alt+X to get ❨.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “medium left parenthesis ornament”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2768, then Enter or Space.
HTML
❨CSS
\2768Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
❨
HTML hex
❨
CSS content
content: "\2768";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9D%A8
1
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.