U+FE3A "" Presentation Form for Vertical Right Tortoise Shell Bracket Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+FE3A "" Presentation Form for Vertical Right Tortoise Shell Bracket is a special CJK Compatibility Ideograph designed for use in vertical text layouts, serving as the right-side counterpart to the left tortoise shell bracket. It originates from the standards for vertical writing in East Asian typography, where characters are rotated or transformed to fit seamlessly into columns of text running from top to bottom. This specific bracket is used to enclose or group content within such vertical scripts, ensuring that the punctuation aligns correctly with the orientation of the text. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for consistent rendering across different platforms and applications when handling vertical typesetting, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FE3A
Name
Presentation Form for Vertical Right Tortoise Shell Bracket
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Vertical Closing Tortoise Shell Bracket

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
︺
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB8 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFE3A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FE3A
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufe3a