U+FE17 "" Presentation Form for Vertical Left White Lenticular Bracket Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+FE17 "" Presentation Form for Vertical Left White Lenticular Bracket is a typographic glyph used in East Asian text layout, specifically designed for vertical writing systems where it functions as the left half of a white lenticular bracket. This character is part of the CJK Compatibility Forms block and serves as a presentation form that pairs with its right counterpart, U+FE18, to enclose text or annotations in a seamless vertical orientation. Its primary purpose is to provide proper visual alignment and spacing in traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean documents, ensuring that the bracket appears correctly rotated and positioned when text flows from top to bottom rather than left to right.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FE17
Name
Presentation Form for Vertical Left White Lenticular Bracket

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB8 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFE17
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FE17
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufe17