This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the UnicodeĀ® 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+005B copy pc button below.
Easy u+005B copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+005B name is left square bracket emoji.
field | value |
---|---|
Codepoint (hex) | 005B, u005B |
Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | OPENING SQUARE BRACKET |
Official name (Unicode 15.0) | LEFT SQUARE BRACKET |
resolved name | left square bracket |
block | Basic Latin (ASCII) |
common typos | u+005B, u+500B |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 005B like u 005B, (u+005B) or u +005B. You can also find u-005B, u*005B, un+005B, u005B, u=005B or c+005B. You can also spell it with u 005B unicode, u plus 005B, uncode 005B or unicode + 005B.
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 square bracket
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+005B 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 +u005B allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
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UTF-8 | 5B | 91 | 01011011 |
UCS2 | 5B 00 | 23296 | 01011011 00000000 |
UTF-16LE | 5B 00 | 23296 | 01011011 00000000 |
UTF-16BE | 00 5B | 91 | 01011011 |
UTF7 | 2B 41 46 73 2D | 185778729773 | 00101011 01000001 01000110 01110011 00101101 |
UTF7-IMAP | 5B | 91 | 01011011 |