U+23B5 "⎵" Bottom Square Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⎵
U+23B5 "⎵" Bottom Square Bracket is a typographic symbol that represents the bottom horizontal segment of a square bracket, often used in mathematical and technical notation to denote the lower boundary or closure of a logical or spatial grouping. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block and is primarily employed in contexts requiring precise visual alignment, such as in diagrammatic representations, formal notation systems, or when constructing larger bracket structures from individual components. Its design is intended to pair with the corresponding top square bracket (U+23B4) to form a complete, unbroken bracket shape when displayed in a compatible font.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23B5 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Bottom Square Bracket |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⎵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⎵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8E 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23b5 |
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 |
| Other Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |