diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
index 989ec705a9..8aadb5a029 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ lazy_static! {
         "right_brace" => '}'.to_string(),
         "rbrace" => '}'.to_string(),
         "left_paren" => '('.to_string(),
+        "lp" => '('.to_string(),
         "lparen" => '('.to_string(),
         "right_paren" => ')'.to_string(),
         "rparen" => ')'.to_string(),
+        "rp" => ')'.to_string(),
         "left_bracket" => '['.to_string(),
         "lbracket" => '['.to_string(),
         "right_bracket" => ']'.to_string(),