U+23DC "⏜" Top Parenthesis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏜
U+23DC "⏜" Top Parenthesis is a typographical symbol used primarily in technical and mathematical notation to denote the upper or opening bracket of a pair of vertical parentheses, often applied in formatting stacked expressions, chemical formulas, or diagrams where space constraints require a horizontal orientation. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block and is typically paired with its counterpart, U+23DD "⏝" Bottom Parenthesis, to enclose content between two lines of text without disrupting the flow of surrounding characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23DC |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Top Parenthesis |
| 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 0x8F 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23dc |
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 |