U+23AB "⎫" Right Curly Bracket Upper Hook Unicode Character

U+23AB "⎫" Right Curly Bracket Upper Hook is a typographic symbol that represents the top portion of a right curly brace, specifically the upper hook that curves outward to begin the closure of a grouped element. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block within Unicode and is designed for use in mathematical notation, programming syntax representations, or technical diagrams where a multi-line bracket needs to be constructed from separate components. Unlike the standard closing curly brace, this character provides a precise graphical fragment for building complex vertical structures, often paired with its lower counterpart to create a seamless brace when rendering specific formatting or layout requirements.

General Properties

Code Point	U+23AB
Version Added	3.2
Name	Right Curly Bracket Upper Hook
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 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x23AB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000023AB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u23ab

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