const.id

html-entity

(

(

(

HTML named character reference ( maps to U+0028.

Mapping

Named reference
(
Code point(s)
U+0028
Decimal
40
Characters
(

Numeric character references

Named
Decimal
Hex

Usage

Prefer a named reference when the character must survive encoding mistakes or is awkward to type. Numeric references (() are always valid HTML for the mapped code point(s).

Related

Unicode

U+0028

ASCII

0x28

Same character

Other entities

Entities that produce this code point

Source

Unicode
16.0.0
WHATWG
snapshot 2026-08-02