Unicode Character "（" U+FF08 Fullwidth Left Parenthesis
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "（" at code point U+FF08 is Fullwidth Left Parenthesis. It is a character in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is part of the Common script. The character is an open punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "（" is 0xEF 0xBC 0x88 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF08.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF08 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Left Parenthesis |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fullwidth Opening Parenthesis |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "）" U+FF09 Fullwidth Right Parenthesis |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "）" U+FF09 Fullwidth Right Parenthesis |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | （ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | （ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBC 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff08 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Open Punctuation |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Transformed Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |