U+298F "⦏" Left Square Bracket with Tick in Bottom Corner Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⦏
U+298F "⦏" Left Square Bracket with Tick in Bottom Corner is a typographic symbol used primarily in mathematical and technical notation to denote a specialized bracket function or to indicate a specific boundary condition in set theory or formal language description. Its design features a standard left square bracket with a small inward-facing tick attached to the lower end of the vertical stroke, which helps distinguish it from ordinary brackets and clarifies its role in nested expressions or alongside its rightward counterpart U+298E. This character belongs to the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block and is encoded for use in precise textual representations where such a visual distinction is necessary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+298F |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Left Square Bracket with Tick in Bottom Corner |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "⦎" U+298E Right Square Bracket with Tick in Bottom Corner |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "⦎" U+298E Right Square Bracket with Tick in Bottom Corner |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⦏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⦏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA6 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x298F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000298F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u298f |