U+2772 "❲" Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❲
U+2772 "❲" Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament is a decorative punctuation mark belonging to the Dingbats block, designed to visually echo the shape of a tortoise shell with its rounded, segmented curves. It is typically paired with its symmetrical counterpart, U+2773, the Light Right Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament, to enclose text or serve as ornamental parentheses in typography and design. This character is often used in stylized writing, such as on menus, invitations, or signage, to add a whimsical or vintage aesthetic without altering the meaning of the enclosed content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2772 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Light Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "❳" U+2773 Light Right Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "❳" U+2773 Light Right Tortoise Shell Bracket Ornament |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2772 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002772 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2772 |
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 |