U+FD3E "" Ornate Left Parenthesis Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FD3E "" Ornate Left Parenthesis is a decorative typographic symbol used primarily in Arabic script and Quranic orthography to denote the beginning of a verse or a section of text, often serving as a stylistic marker that pairs with its counterpart U+FD3F, the Ornate Right Parenthesis. It belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, where it is employed in religious or formal calligraphic contexts to enhance the visual structure of manuscripts without altering the textual meaning.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
﴾
HTML Hex Encoding
﴾
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB4 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD3E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD3E
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd3e