Unicode Character "[" U+005B Left Square Bracket
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "[" at code point U+005B is Left Square Bracket. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is an open punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "[" is 0x5B and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x005B.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+005B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left Square Bracket |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Opening Square Bracket |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "]" U+005D Right Square Bracket |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "]" U+005D Right Square Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Entity | [ [ |
| HTML Decimal Encoding | [ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | [ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x5B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x005B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000005B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u005b |