U+1F243 "🉃" Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-5B89 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🉃
U+1F243 "🉃" Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-5B89 is a unique symbol that combines a traditional tortoise shell bracket, a decorative enclosure reminiscent of ancient Chinese divination scripts, with the CJK unified ideograph U+5B89, which represents the Chinese character meaning "peace" or "tranquility." This character belongs to the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block, primarily used in East Asian typography for emphasis or decorative framing in contexts like signage, stamps, or calligraphic design. Its visual structure evokes both cultural heritage and a sense of security, as the tortoise shell shape historically symbolizes protection and longevity in Chinese tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F243 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tortoise Shell Bracketed CJK Unified Ideograph-5B89 |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "〔" U+3014 Left Tortoise Shell Bracket "安" U+5B89 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "〕" U+3015 Right Tortoise Shell Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🉃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🉃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x89 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F243 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude43 |