U+1F240 "π" Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-672C Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F240 "π" Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-672C is a specialized symbol from the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block, designed to represent the Chinese character ζ¬ (bΔn, meaning "origin" or "book") enclosed within tortoise shell brackets (γ γlike ornamental frames). This character is used in East Asian typography and signage, often to indicate a fundamental or original concept in a decorative or emphatic manner, echoing traditional seal script styles and calligraphic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F240 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-672C |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "γ" U+3014 Left Tortoise Shell Bracket "ζ¬" U+672C CJK Unified Ideograph-# "γ" U+3015 Right Tortoise Shell Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🉀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🉀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x89 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F240 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude40 |