Unicode Character "{" U+FF5B Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "{" at code point U+FF5B is Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket. It is a character in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is part of the Common script. The character is an open punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "{" is 0xEF 0xBD 0x9B and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF5B.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF5B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fullwidth Opening Curly Bracket |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "}" U+FF5D Fullwidth Right Curly Bracket |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type | Open |
| Bidirectional Paired Bracket | "}" U+FF5D Fullwidth Right Curly Bracket |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "{" U+007B Left Curly Bracket |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | { |
| HTML Hex Encoding | { |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBD 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff5b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Open Punctuation |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "{" U+007B Left Curly Bracket |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "{" U+007B Left Curly 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 |