Unicode Character "[" U+005B Left Square Bracket

Unicode Version 15.1

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Summary

The unicode character "[" at code point U+005B is Left Square Bracket. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is an open punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "[" is 0x5B and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x005B.

General Properties

Code Point U+005B
Version Added 1.1
Name Left Square Bracket
Unicode 1.0 Name Opening Square Bracket
Block Basic Latin
General Category Open Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "]" U+005D Right Square Bracket
Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type Open
Bidirectional Paired Bracket "]" U+005D Right Square Bracket

Encodings

HTML Entity [
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HTML Decimal Encoding [
HTML Hex Encoding [
UTF-8 Encoding 0x5B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x005B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000005B
C/C++/Java Escape \u005b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Open Punctuation
East Asian Width Narrow
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Close