U+FE59 "﹙" Small Left Parenthesis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE59 "﹙" Small Left Parenthesis is a typographical variant of the standard left parenthesis, specifically designed for use in East Asian text environments where characters are laid out in a square, fixed-width space. It belongs to the "CJK Compatibility Forms" block, which includes punctuation forms that accommodate the visual alignment and spacing needs of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts. This character typically appears at a reduced or "small" size relative to its fullwidth counterpart, aiding in clearer, more balanced text composition in multilingual typesetting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE59 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small Left Parenthesis |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Small Opening Parenthesis |
| Block | Small Form Variants |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "﹚" U+FE5A Small Right Parenthesis |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "﹚" U+FE5A Small Right Parenthesis |
| Decomposition Type | Small |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﹙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﹙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB9 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE59 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe59 |
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+0028 Left Parenthesis |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Transformed Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |