U+276A "❪" Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❪
U+276A "❪" Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament is a decorative typographic symbol classified in the Dingbats block, designed to provide a stylized and compresssed alternative to the standard left parenthesis. It differs from a regular parenthesis through its shorter, broader curve that appears horizontally flattened, making it suitable for use in ornamental or design oriented text where a more compact and elegant bracket shape is desired. Often paired with its right counterpart U+276B, this character is primarily employed in decorative typesetting, such as for framing words or phrases in stylistic layouts, calligraphy, or digital art, rather than in standard prose or mathematical notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+276A |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "❫" U+276B Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "❫" U+276B Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x276A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000276A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u276a |
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 | Open Punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |