U+23A5 "⎥" Right Square Bracket Extension Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+23A5 "⎥" Right Square Bracket Extension is a typographical glyph used primarily in mathematical and technical typesetting to extend the vertical stroke of a right square bracket when the enclosed content spans multiple lines or requires a taller delimiter. Unlike standard bracket characters, which have a fixed height, this extension piece can be repeated or combined with other bracket components to create a continuous, scalable bracket that matches the height of surrounding expressions, such as in matrices, piecewise functions, or large equations. It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Technical" block and is part of a set of characters designed for building large delimiters without relying on font-specific scaling, ensuring consistent rendering across different systems and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+23A5
Version Added 3.2
Name Right Square Bracket Extension
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 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x23A5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000023A5
C/C++/Java Escape \u23a5

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