"⌈" U+2308 Left Ceiling

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Character

⌈

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+2308, displayed as ⌈ and named "Left Ceiling" is located in the Miscellaneous Technical block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Left Ceiling
Category:: Open Punctuation
Block:: Miscellaneous Technical
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: Yes, ⌉ (U+2309)
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&lceil;

&LeftCeiling;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

⌈

HTML Entity - Hex:

⌈

Unicode:

U+2308;

Decimal:

8968

CSS:

\002308

Javascript:

\u2308

Perl:

\x{2308}

Ruby:

\u{2308}

Python:

u'\u2308'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E28C88

UTF-16 Encoding:

2308

UTF-32 Encoding:

00002308