# \lceil

The ⌈ symbol (Left ceiling, U+2308), written as \lceil in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Delimiters](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/delimiters) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⌈ |
| Unicode | U+2308 LEFT CEILING |
| Delimiter |  |

## Syntax

```latex
\lceil
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.09% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 136 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2308 (LEFT CEILING).