Curly Braces

Type it

Ways to write the Curly Braces symbol
UnicodeU+007B U+007D
LaTeX\{ \}
HTML entity{ }
Character{}

Meaning

Enclose the elements of a set, either listed or described by a rule. Compare with Parentheses and Square Brackets.

How to read it

A = {1, 2, 3}

is read “A is the set containing one, two, and three”.

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