Tortoise Shell Bracketed Cjk Unified Ideograph-5B89 🉃
🉃 (U+1F243) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Tortoise Shell Bracketed Cjk Unified Ideograph-5B89 is part of the Symbols family (block: Enclosed Ideographic Supplement). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B89. It helps bracket groups or terms in text, making the meaning clear. It also marks parameters or options in code, separating them from surrounding code blocks. It can surround quoted text to show dialogue or cited content within notes or comments. In all cases, it acts as a visual delimiter to organize ideas, data, or instructions. Across platforms, the glyph may render with slight style differences, so choose a legible font and ensure sufficient contrast for accessibility. For screen readers, keep surrounding punctuation clear and predictable to help parsing. Keep usage simple and consistent to support readability and error prevention in writing and coding contexts.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F243 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F243 - General Category:
So - Age:
5.2 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<compat> 3014 5B89 3015 - Block:
Enclosed Ideographic Supplement - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 89 83 - UTF-16:
D83C DE43 - UTF-32:
0001F243 - HTML dec:
🉃 - HTML hex:
🉃 - JS escape:
\u{1F243} - Python \N{}:
\N{TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B89} - Python \U:
\U0001F243 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%89%83 - CSS escape:
\1F243
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F243 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity &#x1f243; (hex) or &#127555; (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.