¶PunctuationPunctuationBasic LatinReviewed 2026-08-11

LEFT PARENTHESIS

LEFT PARENTHESIS is a character in the Basic Latin Unicode block.

U+0028 · 15.1.0 · Common script

About this character

LEFT PARENTHESIS (U+0028) belongs to the Basic Latin block with Unicode general category Ps. Copy it as UTF-8, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Python from its character page.

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FormatValueAction
UTF-828
UTF-160028
HTML( / (
CSS\000028
JavaScript\u0028
Python\u0028
URL%28

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