U+FE3D "︽" Presentation Form for Vertical Left Double Angle Bracket Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE3D "︽" Presentation Form for Vertical Left Double Angle Bracket is a compatibility ideographic punctuation mark used in East Asian typography, specifically designed for vertical text layout. It represents the left half of a double angle bracket, which in horizontal writing is typically rendered as "《", but when text is oriented vertically, this form is used to ensure the bracket opens correctly toward the top of the column. This character is part of the CJK Compatibility Forms block and is intended for applications where precise vertical typesetting is required, helping to maintain proper reading order and visual consistency in traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE3D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Presentation Form for Vertical Left Double Angle Bracket |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Glyph for Vertical Opening Double Angle Bracket |
| Block | CJK Compatibility Forms |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Vertical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "《" U+300A Left Double Angle Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ︽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ︽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB8 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE3D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe3d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Open Punctuation |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "《" U+300A Left Double Angle Bracket |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "《" U+300A Left Double Angle Bracket |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |