U+29A6 "⦦" Oblique Angle Opening Up Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⦦
U+29A6 "⦦" Oblique Angle Opening Up is a mathematical symbol from the Supplemental Arrows-B block, representing a slanted angle that opens upward. Its design resembles a corner bracket or L-shaped line rotated such that the opening faces the top of the text, often used in geometry or notation to indicate an oblique angle in technical diagrams and formal proofs. This character provides a precise typographic representation for angles that are neither acute nor right, helping to avoid ambiguity in mathematical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+29A6 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Oblique Angle Opening Up |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⦦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⦦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA6 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x29A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000029A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u29a6 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |