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U+239C · LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION

Left Parenthesis Extension

  • CodepointU+239C
  • NameLEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION
  • Decimal9116
  • BlockMiscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version3.2 (2002)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+239C (⎜) is LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION, a mathematical symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 3.2 (2002).

How to type ⎜

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 8E 9C3 bytes
UTF-16239C1 code unit
UTF-320000239C4 bytes
HTML decimal⎜
HTML hex⎜
CSS\239Cin content: "…"
JavaScript\u239C
JSON\u239C
Python\u239C
Python\N{LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION}by name
Java / C#\u239C
C / C++\u239Cuniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{239C}
Go\u239C
Ruby\u239C
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9116)
URL-encoded%E2%8E%9Cpercent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+239F⎟Right Parenthesis Extension U+23A2⎢Left Square Bracket Extension U+23A5⎥Right Square Bracket Extension U+23AA⎪Curly Bracket Extension U+23AE⎮Integral Extension U+3163ㅣHangul Letter I U+1175ᅵHangul Jungseong I U+2F01⼁Kangxi Radical Line U+31D1㇑CJK Stroke S U+4E28丨CJK Unified Ideograph-4e28
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical

All in block →
U+2396⎖Decimal Separator Key Symbol U+2397⎗Previous Page U+2398⎘Next Page U+2399⎙Print Screen Symbol U+239A⎚Clear Screen Symbol U+239B⎛Left Parenthesis Upper Hook U+239D⎝Left Parenthesis Lower Hook U+239E⎞Right Parenthesis Upper Hook U+239F⎟Right Parenthesis Extension U+23A0⎠Right Parenthesis Lower Hook U+23A1⎡Left Square Bracket Upper Corner U+23A2⎢Left Square Bracket Extension