U+232A "⟩" Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+232A "⟩" Right-Pointing Angle Bracket is a typographic symbol that typically appears as a right-facing wedge or chevron, used in various technical and mathematical contexts to denote a closing bracket or delimiter, often paired with its mirror image. It is part of the Miscellaneous Technical block and has applications in computing as a visual representation for the "greater-than" sign in coding environments, in text-based user interfaces for indicating a menu or path traversal, and in mathematics to mark the end of a segment or inequality. Additionally, it appears in some character encodings and markup languages as a distinct punctuation mark, separate from the similar ASCII character, providing a clear graphical indicator for directional or hierarchical relationships.

General Properties

Code Point U+232A
Version Added 1.1
Name Right-Pointing Angle Bracket
Unicode 1.0 Name Ket
Block Miscellaneous Technical
General Category Close Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "⟨" U+2329 Left-Pointing Angle Bracket
Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type Close
Bidirectional Paired Bracket "⟨" U+2329 Left-Pointing Angle Bracket
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "〉" U+3009 Right Angle Bracket

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 〉
HTML Hex Encoding 〉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x8C 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x232A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000232A
C/C++/Java Escape \u232a

Unicode Properties

Full Composition Exclusion Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Close Punctuation
East Asian Width Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "〉" U+3009 Right Angle Bracket
NFKC Simple Casefold "〉" U+3009 Right Angle Bracket
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Transformed Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Close
Deprecated Yes