This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms" block which goes from 0xFF01 to 0xFFEE.
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+FF08 copy pc button below.
Easy u+FF08 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+FF08 name is fullwidth left parenthesis emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | FF08, uFF08 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | FULLWIDTH OPENING PARENTHESIS |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | FULLWIDTH LEFT PARENTHESIS |
| resolved name | fullwidth left parenthesis |
| block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Half_And_Full_Forms) |
| common typos | u+FF08, u+0FF8 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character FF08 like u FF08, (u+FF08) or u +FF08. You can also find u-FF08, u*FF08, un+FF08, uFF08, u=FF08 or c+FF08. You can also spell it with u FF08 unicode, u plus FF08, uncode FF08 or unicode + FF08.
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 fullwidth left parenthesis
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+FF08 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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 +uFF08 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | EF BC 88 | 15711368 | 11101111 10111100 10001000 |
| UCS2 | 08 FF | 2303 | 00001000 11111111 |
| UTF-16LE | 08 FF | 2303 | 00001000 11111111 |
| UTF-16BE | FF 08 | 65288 | 11111111 00001000 |
| UTF7 | 2B 2F 77 67 2D | 185479948077 | 00101011 00101111 01110111 01100111 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 2C 77 67 2D | 163954779949 | 00100110 00101100 01110111 01100111 00101101 |