| Symbol Name | Left White Parenthesis |
| Unicode Version | 3.2 |
| Unicode | U+2985 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| UTF-8 | E2 A6 85 |
| UTF-16 | 2985 |
| UTF-32 | 00002985 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LEFTWHITEPARENTHESIS}4\end{document}You can type the left white parenthesis symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 10629 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "left white parenthesis", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2985.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2985, 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-white-parenthesis::before { content: "\2985"; }1<span>⦅</span>Left White Parenthesis symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2985' or String.fromCodePoint(10629) |
| Python | '\N{LEFT WHITE PARENTHESIS}' or chr(10629) |
| Rust | '\u{2985}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2985 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2985)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2985}" |
| CSS Code |
\2985 |
| Hex Code | 0x2985 |
| HTML Code | ⦅ |
| LaTeX | \text{LEFTWHITEPARENTHESIS} |
| Symbol | ⦅ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%A6%85 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Left White Parenthesis |