U+23BE "⎾" Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical and Top Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⎾
U+23BE "⎾" Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical and Top Right is a specialized graphic symbol included in the Miscellaneous Technical block, designed for use in dental and medical notation to represent a specific orientation or feature in dental charts. It depicts a light vertical line with a top right corner, forming a bracket-like shape that helps denote the position or direction of a tooth, a dental restoration, or a clinical finding when combined with other similar symbols in a standardized diagram. This character, along with its counterparts like U+23BF, allows practitioners to create clear, compact visual annotations for patient records or instructional materials, ensuring precision in describing dental anatomy and procedures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23BE |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical and Top Right |
| 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23be |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |