↚ is the Unicode character LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH STROKE, code point U+219A (decimal 8602) in the Arrows block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ↚, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 86 9A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+219A |
| Decimal | 8602 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 9A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 219A |
| UTF-32 | 0000219A |
| HTML decimal | ↚ |
| HTML hex | ↚ |
| HTML named | ↚ ↚ |
| CSS | \219A |
| JavaScript | \u219A |
| JSON | \u219A |
| Python | \u219A |
| Python by name | \N{LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH STROKE} |
| Java, C# | \u219A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{219A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u219A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%86%9A |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH STROKE |
| Code point | U+219A (decimal 8602) |
| Block | Arrows (U+2190–U+21FF) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH STROKE is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+219A. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Arrows
- → U+2192 Rightwards Arrow
- ↓ U+2193 Downwards Arrow
- ↔ U+2194 Left-right arrow
- ↕ U+2195 Up-down arrow
- ↖ U+2196 Up-left arrow
- ↗ U+2197 Up-right arrow
- ↘ U+2198 Down-right arrow
- ↙ U+2199 Down-left arrow
- ↛ U+219B Rightwards Arrow With Stroke
- ↜ U+219C Leftwards Wave Arrow
- ↝ U+219D Rightwards Wave Arrow
- ↞ U+219E Leftwards Two Headed Arrow
- ↟ U+219F Upwards Two Headed Arrow
- ↠ U+21A0 Rightwards Two Headed Arrow
- ↡ U+21A1 Downwards Two Headed Arrow
- ↢ U+21A2 Leftwards Arrow With Tail
All 112 characters: Arrows.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ↚?
- Use the named entity ↚, or ↚ (decimal) or ↚ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+219A?
- E2 86 9A (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%86%9A.
- How do I write U+219A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u219A. Python: \u219A.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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