Bottom Half Left Parenthesis ⹛

⹛ (U+2E5B) 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: Bottom Half Left Parenthesis is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Punctuation). 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 Bottom Half Left Parenthesis, encoded as U+2E5B, is a punctuation mark in the Supplemental Punctuation block. It appears as a rounded opening bracket that sits on the lower half of the line. It is designed to enclose a portion of text that lies below the baseline, often used in specialized notation. In text and in code, brackets and quotes delimit groups, parameters, or quoted text, and this symbol helps mark a separate, lower-anchored group. Historically, it has been part of broad attempts to add more bracket styles to writing systems and to support technical layouts. Writers and developers can use it when a normal opening parenthesis would not fit the visual or semantic needs of a display. It works alongside other punctuation to separate ideas and to indicate scope in dense strings. The character is a tool for precision and clarity in technical writing, linguistics, and typography. Its usage remains niche, but it can improve readability in complex formulas or data representations where vertical space and alignment matter.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+2E5B 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.

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