This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "CJK Symbols and Punctuation" block which goes from 0x3000 to 0x303F.
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+3016 copy pc button below.
Easy u+3016 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+3016 name is left white lenticular bracket emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 3016, u3016 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | OPENING WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | LEFT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET |
| resolved name | left white lenticular bracket |
| block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation (CJK_Symbols) |
| common typos | u+0316, u+1306 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 3016 like u 3016, (u+3016) or u +3016. You can also find u-3016, u*3016, un+3016, u3016, u=3016 or c+3016. You can also spell it with u 3016 unicode, u plus 3016, uncode 3016 or unicode + 3016.
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 white lenticular bracket
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+3016 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode CJK Symbols and Punctuation 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 +u3016 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E3 80 96 | 14909590 | 11100011 10000000 10010110 |
| UCS2 | 16 30 | 5680 | 00010110 00110000 |
| UTF-16LE | 16 30 | 5680 | 00010110 00110000 |
| UTF-16BE | 30 16 | 12310 | 00110000 00010110 |
| UTF7 | 2B 4D 42 59 2D | 185979787565 | 00101011 01001101 01000010 01011001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 4D 42 59 2D | 164504951085 | 00100110 01001101 01000010 01011001 00101101 |