U+FE5D "﹝" Small Left Tortoise Shell Bracket Unicode Character

U+FE5D "﹝" Small Left Tortoise Shell Bracket is a typographic punctuation mark that resembles a smaller version of the left half of a tortoise shell bracket, used primarily in East Asian and traditional Chinese typesetting for annotations, citations, or to enclose supplementary text. It is encoded in the Small Form Variants block, which provides compact versions of common punctuation for compatibility with older character sets and vertical text layouts. This specific bracket pairs with its right counterpart, U+FE5E "﹞", and is distinct from full-width or regular tortoise shell brackets, offering a space-saving alternative in formal or technical writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FE5D
Version Added	1.1
Name	Small Left Tortoise Shell Bracket
Unicode 1.0 Name	Small Opening Tortoise Shell Bracket
Block	Small Form Variants
General Category	Open Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Mirrored	Yes
Mirrored Character	"﹞" U+FE5E Small Right Tortoise Shell Bracket
Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type	Open
Bidirectional Paired Bracket	"﹞" U+FE5E Small Right Tortoise Shell Bracket
Decomposition Type	Small
Decomposition Mapping	"〔" U+3014 Left Tortoise Shell Bracket

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	﹝
HTML Hex Encoding	﹝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB9 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFE5D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FE5D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufe5d

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+3014 Left Tortoise Shell Bracket
NFKC Simple Casefold	"〔" U+3014 Left Tortoise Shell Bracket
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