U+276E "❮" Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+276E "❮" Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament is a typographic symbol used primarily for decorative quotation or emphasis, often appearing in pairs with its right-pointing counterpart U+276F "❯" to enclose highlighted text, titles, or pull quotes in web design, publishing, and user interface elements. Unlike standard angle brackets, this character is heavier and more ornate, classified under the Dingbats block in Unicode, and it serves both aesthetic and functional roles, such as indicating a call-to-action button or a directional cue in digital menus and navigation. Its visual weight and symmetry make it a popular choice for stylized punctuation in modern minimalist layouts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+276E |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "❯" U+276F Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "❯" U+276F Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x276E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000276E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u276e |
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 |