U+005D "]" Right Square Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+005D "]" Right Square Bracket is a punctuation mark used primarily in pairs with its counterpart, the left square bracket, to enclose text, data, or expressions in fields such as programming, mathematics, and formal writing. In computing, it frequently appears in syntax for array indexing, function arguments, and markup languages like HTML and LaTeX, while in linguistics it denotes phonetic or orthographic boundaries. As part of the ASCII standard, it has a consistent binary representation and occupies a fixed position in the Basic Latin block of the Unicode standard, ensuring broad interoperability across digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+005D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Right Square Bracket |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Closing Square Bracket |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Close Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "[" U+005B Left Square Bracket |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Close |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "[" U+005B Left Square Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ] |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ] |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x5D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x005D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000005D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u005d |