# ｟ U+FF5F FULLWIDTH LEFT WHITE PARENTHESIS

Wide opening double parenthesis, often drawn as two parentheses together, used in East Asian typesetting for nested or special bracketing.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `｟` |
| Codepoint | U+FF5F |
| Name | FULLWIDTH LEFT WHITE PARENTHESIS |
| Block | [Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms](https://unicodekit.com/block/halfwidth-and-fullwidth-forms) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Unicode version | 3.2 |
| HTML | `｟` `｟` |
| CSS | `\FF5F` |
| JavaScript | `\uFF5F` |
| UTF-8 | EF BD 9F |
| UTF-16 | FF5F |
| Decomposition | wide U+2985 |

## Notes

- the most commonly occurring glyph variant looks like doubled parentheses

## Related characters

- ～ [U+FF5E FULLWIDTH TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5E)
- ｠ [U+FF60 FULLWIDTH RIGHT WHITE PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF60)
- ｝ [U+FF5D FULLWIDTH RIGHT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5D)
- ｡ [U+FF61 HALFWIDTH IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF61)
- ｜ [U+FF5C FULLWIDTH VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5C)
- ｢ [U+FF62 HALFWIDTH LEFT CORNER BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF62)
- ｛ [U+FF5B FULLWIDTH LEFT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5B)
- ｣ [U+FF63 HALFWIDTH RIGHT CORNER BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF63)
- ｚ [U+FF5A FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5A)
- ､ [U+FF64 HALFWIDTH IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF64)
- ｙ [U+FF59 FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF59)
- ･ [U+FF65 HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT](https://unicodekit.com/char/FF65)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/FF5F · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/FF5F