U+3014 "〔" Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+3014 "〔" Left Tortoise Shell Bracket is a punctuation mark primarily used in East Asian typography, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean texts, where it serves as a paired delimiter alongside its right counterpart U+3015 "〕". It visually resembles a thick, double-line bracket that curves outward like a tortoise shell, and it is often employed in formal or classical writing to enclose annotations, commentary, or supplementary information within a main text, functioning similarly to square brackets but with a distinct aesthetic rooted in traditional East Asian print culture. Its encoded inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and fonts, preserving its role in scholarly and literary works where precise textual formatting is required.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
〔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
〔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE3 0x80 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x3014 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00003014 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u3014 |
Unicode Properties