U+0F3C "༼" Tibetan Mark Ang Khang Gyon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
༼
U+0F3C "༼" Tibetan Mark Ang Khang Gyon is a punctuation mark used in the Tibetan script, specifically functioning as a left-facing bracket or opening delimiter within Tibetan texts. It is part of the Tibetan block in the Unicode standard and is paired with its right-facing counterpart, U+0F3D "༽" known as Ang Khang Gyas, to enclose groups of syllables, phrases, or annotations in traditional Tibetan writing, such as in religious or grammatical contexts. Visually, the character resembles a bold, vertical line with a curved hook at the bottom, facing left, and it plays a role in structuring the visual and syntactic flow of Tibetan calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F3C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Mark Ang Khang Gyon |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Tibetan Left Brace |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "༽" U+0F3D Tibetan Mark Ang Khang Gyas |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "༽" U+0F3D Tibetan Mark Ang Khang Gyas |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ༼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ༼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBC 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F3C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f3c |
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 |