What ﹜ means
It closes a span marked by a curly-bracket pair. Unicode pairs it with ﹛, the small opener. This form lets older CNS 11643 text convert to Unicode without losing the punctuation distinction.
Though drawn small, it takes a full-width cell in CJK layout. As of 2026-09-14, Unicode feedback describes these forms as rare and their original purpose unclear.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions 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 FE5C, 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 “small right curly bracket”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType fe5c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
﹜CSS
\FE5CUnicode input
Find U+FE5C in a character map or Unicode picker; brace keys enter }.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
﹜
HTML hex
﹜
CSS content
content: "\FE5C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EF%B9%9C
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.