# { U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET

Left curly brace opening a code block, set or object in programming and math.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `{` |
| Codepoint | U+007B |
| Name | LEFT CURLY BRACKET |
| Also known as | left brace, opening curly bracket (1.0) |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `{` `{` |
| CSS | `\7B` |
| JavaScript | `\u007B` |
| UTF-8 | 7B |
| UTF-16 | 007B |

## Related characters

- z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/007A)
- | [U+007C VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007C)
- y [U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/0079)
- } [U+007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/007D)
- x [U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X](https://unicodekit.com/char/0078)
- ~ [U+007E TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007E)
- w [U+0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W](https://unicodekit.com/char/0077)
- [U+007F DELETE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007F)
- v [U+0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V](https://unicodekit.com/char/0076)
- u [U+0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0075)
- t [U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T](https://unicodekit.com/char/0074)
- s [U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S](https://unicodekit.com/char/0073)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/007B · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/007B