# ( U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS

Left round bracket, opening parenthesis used to start an aside, group math expressions, or call functions in code.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `(` |
| Codepoint | U+0028 |
| Name | LEFT PARENTHESIS |
| Also known as | opening parenthesis (1.0) |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `(` `(` |
| CSS | `\28` |
| JavaScript | `\u0028` |
| UTF-8 | 28 |
| UTF-16 | 0028 |

## Related characters

- ' [U+0027 APOSTROPHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0027)
- ) [U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0029)
- & [U+0026 AMPERSAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/0026)
- * [U+002A ASTERISK](https://unicodekit.com/char/002A)
- % [U+0025 PERCENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0025)
- + [U+002B PLUS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/002B)
- $ [U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0024)
- , [U+002C COMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/002C)
- # [U+0023 NUMBER SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0023)
- - [U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/002D)
- " [U+0022 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0022)
- . [U+002E FULL STOP](https://unicodekit.com/char/002E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0028 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0028