U+2770 "❰" Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2770 "❰" Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament is a typographic symbol from the Dingbats block, designed as a thick, stylized version of a left-pointing angle bracket. It is commonly used in decorative or ornamental contexts, often to create borders, frames, or visual emphasis in digital and print design. Unlike its standard counterpart used in programming or markup languages, this heavier variant adds an aesthetic, decorative flair, making it suitable for headings, bullet alternatives, or as part of ornate borders in documents, web pages, or graphic layouts. Its purpose is primarily visual rather than functional, bridging the gap between pure text and decorative art.

General Properties

Code Point U+2770
Version Added 3.2
Name Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament
Block Dingbats
General Category Open Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "❱" U+2771 Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament
Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type Open
Bidirectional Paired Bracket "❱" U+2771 Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ❰
HTML Hex Encoding ❰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x9D 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2770
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002770
C/C++/Java Escape \u2770

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