| Symbol Name | Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket |
| Unicode Version | 3.2 |
| Unicode | U+2997 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| UTF-8 | E2 A6 97 |
| UTF-16 | 2997 |
| UTF-32 | 00002997 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LEFTBLACKTORTOISESHELLBRACKET}4\end{document}You can type the left black tortoise shell bracket symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 10647 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "left black tortoise shell bracket", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2997.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2997, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with bracket and quote support.
1span.left-black-tortoise-shell-bracket::before { content: "\2997"; }1<span>⦗</span>Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2997' or String.fromCodePoint(10647) |
| Python | '\N{LEFT BLACK TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET}' or chr(10647) |
| Rust | '\u{2997}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2997 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2997)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2997}" |
| CSS Code |
\2997 |
| Hex Code | 0x2997 |
| HTML Code | ⦗ |
| LaTeX | \text{LEFTBLACKTORTOISESHELLBRACKET} |
| Symbol | ⦗ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%A6%97 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket |