This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Basic Latin" block which goes from 0x0 to 0x7F.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: (
This character can be seen as the opening part of a paired bracket (see closing)
You can use the u+0028 copy pc button below.
Easy u+0028 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+0028 name is left parenthesis emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 0028, u0028 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | OPENING PARENTHESIS |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | LEFT PARENTHESIS |
| resolved name | left parenthesis |
| block | Basic Latin (ASCII) |
| common typos | u+0028, u+2008 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 0028 like u 0028, (u+0028) or u +0028. You can also find u-0028, u*0028, un+0028, u0028, u=0028 or c+0028. You can also spell it with u 0028 unicode, u plus 0028, uncode 0028 or unicode + 0028.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
You can find a character that is a mirrored image of left parenthesis
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+0028 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Basic Latin keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u0028 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | 28 | 40 | 00101000 |
| UCS2 | 28 00 | 10240 | 00101000 00000000 |
| UTF-16LE | 28 00 | 10240 | 00101000 00000000 |
| UTF-16BE | 00 28 | 40 | 00101000 |
| UTF7 | 28 | 40 | 00101000 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 28 | 40 | 00101000 |