U+0028 Left Parenthesis
U+0028 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block Basic Latin in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
This character is a Open Punctuation and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as opening parenthesis (1.0).
The glyph is not a composition. Its East Asian Width is narrow. In bidirectional text it acts as Other Neutral. When changing direction it is mirrored into Right Parenthesis. U+0028 prohibits a line break after it. The glyph can be confused with 155 other glyphs.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the (...) marks and in American English the [...] marks.
Other minor bracket shapes exist, such as (for example) slash or diagonal brackets used by linguists to enclose phonemes.
Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context.
In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets nest, with segments of bracketed material containing embedded within them other further bracketed sub-segments. The number of opening brackets matches the number of closing brackets in such cases.
Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with specific mathematical meanings, often for denoting specific mathematical functions and subformulas.
Representations
| System | Representation |
|---|---|
| Nº | 40 |
| UTF-8 | 28 |
| UTF-16 | 00 28 |
| UTF-32 | 00 00 00 28 |
| URL-Quoted | %28 |
| HTML hex reference | ( |
| HTML named entity | ( |
| alias | opening parenthesis (1.0) |
| Encoding: ASCII (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: BIG5 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: BIG5HKSCS (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP437 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP720 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP737 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP775 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP850 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP852 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP855 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP856 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP857 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP858 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP860 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP861 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP862 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP863 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP864 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP865 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP866 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP869 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP874 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP932 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP949 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP950 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1006 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1026 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1125 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1250 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1251 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1252 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1253 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1254 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1255 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1256 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1257 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP1258 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: EUC_JP (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: EUC_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: EUC_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: EUC_KR (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: GB2312 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: GBK (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: HZ (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_1 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2004 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_3 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_EXT (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_KR (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: LATIN_1 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_2 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_3 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_4 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_5 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_6 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_7 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_8 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_9 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_10 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_11 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_13 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_14 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_15 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_16 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: JOHAB (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: KOI8_R (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: KOI8_T (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: KOI8_U (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: KZ1048 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_CYRILLIC (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_GREEK (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_ICELAND (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_LATIN2 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_ROMAN (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: MAC_TURKISH (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: PTCP154 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 28 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1025 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1047 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1097 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1112 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1122 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1123 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1141 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1142 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1143 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1144 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1145 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1146 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1147 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1148 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1148MS (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP1149 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP277 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP278 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP280 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP284 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP285 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP290 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP297 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP420 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP500MS (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP833 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP838 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP870 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP871 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | 4D |
| AGL: Latin-1 | parenleft |
| AGL: Latin-2 | parenleft |
| AGL: Latin-3 | parenleft |
| AGL: Latin-4 | parenleft |
| AGL: Latin-5 | parenleft |
| Adobe Glyph List | parenleft |
| digraph | ( |
Related Characters
- Right Parenthesis
- Superscript Left Parenthesis
- Subscript Left Parenthesis
- Parenthesized Digit One
- Parenthesized Digit Two
- Parenthesized Digit Three
- Parenthesized Digit Four
- Parenthesized Digit Five
- Parenthesized Digit Six
- Parenthesized Digit Seven
- Parenthesized Digit Eight
- Parenthesized Digit Nine
- Parenthesized Number Ten
- Parenthesized Number Eleven
- Parenthesized Number Twelve
- Parenthesized Number Thirteen
- Parenthesized Number Fourteen
- Parenthesized Number Fifteen
- Parenthesized Number Sixteen
- Parenthesized Number Seventeen
- Parenthesized Number Eighteen
- Parenthesized Number Nineteen
- Parenthesized Number Twenty
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter A
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter B
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter C
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter D
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter E
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter F
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter G
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter H
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter I
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter J
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter K
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter L
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter M
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter N
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter O
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter P
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Q
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter R
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter S
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter T
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter U
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter V
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter W
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter X
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Y
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Z
- Parenthesized Hangul Kiyeok
- Parenthesized Hangul Nieun
- Parenthesized Hangul Tikeut
- Parenthesized Hangul Rieul
- Parenthesized Hangul Mieum
- Parenthesized Hangul Pieup
- Parenthesized Hangul Sios
- Parenthesized Hangul Ieung
- Parenthesized Hangul Cieuc
- Parenthesized Hangul Chieuch
- Parenthesized Hangul Khieukh
- Parenthesized Hangul Thieuth
- Parenthesized Hangul Phieuph
- Parenthesized Hangul Hieuh
- Parenthesized Hangul Kiyeok A
- Parenthesized Hangul Nieun A
- Parenthesized Hangul Tikeut A
- Parenthesized Hangul Rieul A
- Parenthesized Hangul Mieum A
- Parenthesized Hangul Pieup A
- Parenthesized Hangul Sios A
- Parenthesized Hangul Ieung A
- Parenthesized Hangul Cieuc A
- Parenthesized Hangul Chieuch A
- Parenthesized Hangul Khieukh A
- Parenthesized Hangul Thieuth A
- Parenthesized Hangul Phieuph A
- Parenthesized Hangul Hieuh A
- Parenthesized Hangul Cieuc U
- Parenthesized Korean Character Ojeon
- Parenthesized Korean Character O Hu
- Parenthesized Ideograph One
- Parenthesized Ideograph Two
- Parenthesized Ideograph Three
- Parenthesized Ideograph Four
- Parenthesized Ideograph Five
- Parenthesized Ideograph Six
- Parenthesized Ideograph Seven
- Parenthesized Ideograph Eight
- Parenthesized Ideograph Nine
- Parenthesized Ideograph Ten
- Parenthesized Ideograph Moon
- Parenthesized Ideograph Fire
- Parenthesized Ideograph Water
- Parenthesized Ideograph Wood
- Parenthesized Ideograph Metal
- Parenthesized Ideograph Earth
- Parenthesized Ideograph Sun
- Parenthesized Ideograph Stock
- Parenthesized Ideograph Have
- Parenthesized Ideograph Society
- Parenthesized Ideograph Name
- Parenthesized Ideograph Special
- Parenthesized Ideograph Financial
- Parenthesized Ideograph Congratulation
- Parenthesized Ideograph Labor
- Parenthesized Ideograph Represent
- Parenthesized Ideograph Call
- Parenthesized Ideograph Study
- Parenthesized Ideograph Supervise
- Parenthesized Ideograph Enterprise
- Parenthesized Ideograph Resource
- Parenthesized Ideograph Alliance
- Parenthesized Ideograph Festival
- Parenthesized Ideograph Rest
- Parenthesized Ideograph Self
- Parenthesized Ideograph Reach
- Presentation Form for Vertical Left Parenthesis
- Small Left Parenthesis
- Fullwidth Left Parenthesis
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter A
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter B
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter C
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter D
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter E
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter F
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter G
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter H
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter I
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter J
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter K
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter L
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter M
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter N
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter O
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter P
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Q
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter R
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter S
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter T
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter U
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter V
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter W
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter X
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Y
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Z
Confusables
Elsewhere
Complete Record
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| 1.1 (1993) | |
| LEFT PARENTHESIS | |
| OPENING PARENTHESIS | |
| Basic Latin | |
| Open Punctuation | |
| Common | |
| Other Neutral | |
| Not Reordered | |
| none | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| ✘ | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| ✘ | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Any | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| ✘ | |
| None | |
| — | |
| NA | |
| Other | |
| — | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Yes | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| Yes | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Close | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Other | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Right Parenthesis | |
| Right Parenthesis | |
| Open | |
| narrow | |
| Not Applicable | |
| — | |
| No_Joining_Group | |
| Non Joining | |
| Open Punctuation | |
| none | |
| not a number | |
| Left Parenthesis | |
| R |