# [ U+005B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET

Left square bracket opening an editorial insertion, array, list or index in code, or a link in markdown.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `[` |
| Codepoint | U+005B |
| Name | LEFT SQUARE BRACKET |
| Also known as | opening square bracket (1.0) |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `[` `[` |
| CSS | `\5B` |
| JavaScript | `\u005B` |
| UTF-8 | 5B |
| UTF-16 | 005B |

## Notes

- other bracket characters: 27E6-27EB, 2983-2998, 3008-301B

## Related characters

- Z [U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/005A)
- \ [U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/005C)
- Y [U+0059 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/0059)
- ] [U+005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/005D)
- X [U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X](https://unicodekit.com/char/0058)
- ^ [U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/005E)
- W [U+0057 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W](https://unicodekit.com/char/0057)
- _ [U+005F LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/005F)
- V [U+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V](https://unicodekit.com/char/0056)
- ` [U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0060)
- U [U+0055 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0055)
- a [U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0061)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/005B · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/005B