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
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