Left Curly Bracket Symbol

A symbol from the Bracket Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: {
Unicode: U+007B
HTML entity: {
Category: Bracket Symbols

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About the left curly bracket symbol

The left curly bracket marks the beginning of a group or set in many contexts. It opens a block of code in programming languages like C, Java, and JavaScript, and it starts a dictionary or object literal in JSON and similar data formats. In mathematics, it introduces a set of elements, such as in set notation. This character also appears in plain text as a typographic brace for grouping items in lists or diagrams.

How to type Left Curly Bracket

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

Hold Alt and type 0123 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
Or, in Word: type 007B then press Alt + X.

Numeric keypad required (laptops: enable Num Lock or use Fn).

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 007B.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.