U+276B "❫" Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❫
U+276B "❫" Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament is a decorative typographic symbol belonging to the Dingbats block, characterized by its compact, horizontally compressed shape that mimics a traditional right parenthesis but with a more stylized, ornamental appearance. Its design often features a slightly thicker line weight and a smoother curve, intended for use in decorative text, headings, or as a visual flourish in design work rather than for standard grammatical punctuation. This character pairs with its left counterpart, U+276A "❪", to create balanced, aesthetic enclosures for text or to add a whimsical or elegant touch to written content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+276B |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Close Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "❪" U+276A Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Close |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "❪" U+276A Medium Flattened Left Parenthesis Ornament |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x276B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000276B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u276b |
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 | Close 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 |