U+2E1D "⸝" Right Low Paraphrase Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸝
U+2E1D "⸝" Right Low Paraphrase Bracket is a punctuation mark used in certain historical and linguistic texts to indicate the beginning or ending of a paraphrased passage, functioning as a bracket that typically appears in the lower portion of the line. It belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block and is rarely used in modern mainstream writing, but it serves a specialized role in scholarly editions where it helps denote that a section of text has been rephrased or summarized rather than quoted verbatim.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E1D |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Right Low Paraphrase Bracket |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation |
| General Category | Final Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "⸜" U+2E1C Left Low Paraphrase Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⸝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⸝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB8 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e1d |
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 | Quotation |
| 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 |