U+231E "⌞" Bottom Left Corner Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+231E "⌞" Bottom Left Corner is a graphic symbol used primarily in box-drawing contexts to represent the bottom left corner of a rectangular boundary or frame. It is part of the Unicode block for miscellaneous technical symbols, where it serves to delineate the lower left edge of a box in character-based diagrams, such as those created in terminal interfaces, plain text formatting, or code comments. Visually, the character is composed of a horizontal line extending to the right from the bottom of a vertical line, forming a right angle that signifies the corner's turn. Its encoding at position U+231E ensures consistent representation across digital systems for legacy and modern text-based layout needs.

General Properties

Code Point U+231E
Version Added 1.1
Name Bottom Left Corner
Block Miscellaneous Technical
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⌞
HTML Hex Encoding ⌞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x8C 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x231E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000231E
C/C++/Java Escape \u231e

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 Alphabetic
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other