U+2308 "⌈" Left Ceiling Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⌈
U+2308 "⌈" Left Ceiling is a mathematical typographical symbol used to denote the ceiling function in mathematics, which rounds a given real number up to the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to it. It is typically paired with the Right Ceiling character U+2309 to form the full ceiling notation, enclosing the operand between them. Beyond formal mathematics, it may appear in computing contexts, such as in programming languages or markup systems, to represent similar rounding operations or as a stylistic bracket in technical notation. Its design resembles the top left corner of a square bracket, with a short vertical line extending upward from a horizontal line.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2308 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left Ceiling |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "⌉" U+2309 Right Ceiling |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "⌉" U+2309 Right Ceiling |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⌈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⌈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8C 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2308 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002308 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2308 |