U+2774 "❴" Medium Left Curly Bracket Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❴
U+2774 "❴" Medium Left Curly Bracket Ornament is a decorative typographic symbol belonging to the Dingbats block, which is often used for ornamental or stylistic purposes rather than for standard mathematical or programming notation. It resembles a slightly enlarged and stylized version of the common left curly bracket, frequently employed in graphic design, calligraphy, or decorative text to frame content or add visual flair to headings and lists. Its companion character, U+2775 "❵" Medium Right Curly Bracket Ornament, pairs with it to create balanced, aesthetically pleasing enclosures in documents or digital media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2774 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Medium Left Curly Bracket Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "❵" U+2775 Medium Right Curly Bracket Ornament |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "❵" U+2775 Medium Right Curly Bracket Ornament |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2774 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002774 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2774 |
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 |