U+0F3A "༺" Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
༺
U+0F3A "༺" Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyon is a punctuation mark used in the Tibetan script to indicate the beginning of a section or a larger textual unit, functioning as a decorative left-facing bracket or parenthesis. This character is part of a pair with its counterpart U+0F3B "༻" Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyas, where together they enclose text such as headings or highlighted passages in traditional Tibetan documents. Its appearance resembles a stylized, curved bracket with intricate details, reflecting the artistic calligraphic traditions of Tibetan writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F3A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyon |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "༻" U+0F3B Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyas |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "༻" U+0F3B Tibetan Mark Gug Rtags Gyas |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ༺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ༺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBC 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f3a |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Open Punctuation |
| Script | Tibetan |
| Script Extensions | Tibetan |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |