Left angle bracket
⟨ is the Unicode character “MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET” (U+27E8). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols A block and was added in Unicode 3.2. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.
⟨ codes
| UnicodeCode point | U+27E8 |
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|---|---|---|
| HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page | ⟨ |
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| HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code | ⟨ |
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| CSSFor the CSS content property | \27E8 |
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| JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings | \u27E8 |
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| PythonEscape in Python strings | \u27E8 |
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| URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 | %E2%9F%A8 |
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| UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 | E2 9F A8 |
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| UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 | 27E8 |
How to type ⟨
Copy and paste
Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “left angle bracket”.
In Microsoft Word, type 27E8 and press Alt + X.
Mac
Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “left angle bracket”.
iPhone and Android
Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).
About ⟨
- Unicode name
- MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET
- Code point
- U+27E8 (10216)
- Block
- Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols A
- Category
- Open Punctuation
- Unicode version
- 3.2