U+3008 "〈" Left Angle Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3008 "〈" Left Angle Bracket is a typographic symbol used primarily in East Asian scripts, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, to function as an opening quotation mark or bracket, often paired with its closing counterpart U+3009 "〉". Unlike the common ASCII angle brackets, this character is part of the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block and is designed to match the visual style and spacing of East Asian text, appearing commonly in titles, book names, and quoted passages. Its appearance is a single, thin, angular line pointing left, and it is distinct from mathematical or programming angle brackets due to its wider usage in linguistic and literary contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3008 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left Angle Bracket |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Opening Angle Bracket |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "〉" U+3009 Right Angle Bracket |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "〉" U+3009 Right Angle Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 〈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 〈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x80 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3008 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003008 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3008 |
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 |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Bopomofo Hangul Han Hiragana Katakana Mongolian Tibetan Yi |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Transformed Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |