U+2045 "" Left Square Bracket with Quill Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+2045 "" Left Square Bracket with Quill is a punctuation mark that appears in some historical and specialized typographic contexts, often used as an ornamental or editorial variant of the standard left square bracket. Its design incorporates a quill or flourish extending from the bracket, suggesting its potential use in manuscripts or decorated texts to denote inserted annotations, corrections, or commentary. While not commonly found in modern everyday writing, it remains part of the Unicode standard for compatibility and representation of diverse scripts and typographic traditions.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x81 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2045
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002045
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2045