U+2991 "⦑" Left Angle Bracket with Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⦑
U+2991 "⦑" Left Angle Bracket with Dot is a typographic symbol featuring a left-pointing angle bracket with a single dot placed inside or near its opening, classified within the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block. It is primarily used in mathematical notation and formal logic, often to denote a specialized relational operator or to serve as a delimiter in complex expressions where a distinct bracket form is needed to avoid confusion with standard angle brackets. This character provides a precise visual distinction in technical and academic texts, supporting clarity in equations, set theory, or computational language syntax.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2991 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Left Angle Bracket with Dot |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "⦒" U+2992 Right Angle Bracket with Dot |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "⦒" U+2992 Right Angle Bracket with Dot |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⦑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⦑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA6 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2991 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002991 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2991 |