# \lbrace

The { symbol (Left curly bracket, U+007B), written as \lbrace in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/lbrace

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Delimiters](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/delimiters) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | { |
| Unicode | U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET |
| Delimiter |  |

## Syntax

```latex
\lbrace
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.09% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 139 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+007B (LEFT CURLY BRACKET).