U+23A1 "⎡" Left Square Bracket Upper Corner Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+23A1 "⎡" Left Square Bracket Upper Corner is a graphic symbol used primarily in mathematical notation and technical documentation to represent the top-left corner of a large square bracket that spans multiple lines of text. Unlike the standard ASCII left square bracket "[", this character is part of the "Miscellaneous Technical" block and is designed to be paired with other vertical bracket segments, such as the left square bracket extension and lower corner, to form a continuous, adjustable bracket around matrix expressions, piecewise functions, or other multiline structures. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise typesetting in plain text environments, though it is most commonly used in conjunction with specialized fonts or mathematical markup languages like LaTeX.

General Properties

Code Point U+23A1
Version Added 3.2
Name Left Square Bracket Upper Corner
Block Miscellaneous Technical
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⎡
HTML Hex Encoding ⎡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x8E 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x23A1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000023A1
C/C++/Java Escape \u23a1

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
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other