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U+27E8 · MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET

Mathematical Left Angle Bracket

  • CodepointU+27E8
  • NameMATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET
  • Decimal10216
  • BlockMiscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (U+27C0–U+27EF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategoryPs — Open Punctuation
  • Unicode version3.2 (2002)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthNa — Narrow
  • MirroredYes

About this character

U+27E8 (⟨) is MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET, an opening bracket or punctuation mark in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A 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).

It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text it is displayed as its mirror image, which matches U+27E9 ⟩.

How to type ⟨

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 9F A83 bytes
UTF-1627E81 code unit
UTF-32000027E84 bytes
HTML named⟨named character reference
HTML named⟨named character reference
HTML named⟨named character reference
HTML decimal⟨
HTML hex⟨
CSS\27E8in content: "…"
JavaScript\u27E8
JSON\u27E8
Python\u27E8
Python\N{MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET}by name
Java / C#\u27E8
C / C++\u27E8universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{27E8}
Go\u27E8
Ruby\u27E8
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(10216)
URL-encoded%E2%9F%A8percent-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+2329〈Left-Pointing Angle Bracket U+276C❬Medium Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament U+3008〈Left Angle Bracket U+304FくHiragana Letter Ku U+31DB㇛CJK Stroke Pd U+21FE8𡿨CJK Unified Ideograph-21fe8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A

All in block →
U+27E2⟢White Concave-Sided Diamond with Leftwards Tick U+27E3⟣White Concave-Sided Diamond with Rightwards Tick U+27E4⟤White Square with Leftwards Tick U+27E5⟥White Square with Rightwards Tick U+27E6⟦Mathematical Left White Square Bracket U+27E7⟧Mathematical Right White Square Bracket U+27E9⟩Mathematical Right Angle Bracket U+27EA⟪Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket U+27EB⟫Mathematical Right Double Angle Bracket U+27EC⟬Mathematical Left White Tortoise Shell Bracket U+27ED⟭Mathematical Right White Tortoise Shell Bracket U+27EE⟮Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis