↜ is the Unicode character LEFTWARDS WAVE ARROW, code point U+219C (decimal 8604) in the Arrows block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ↜, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 86 9C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+219C |
| Decimal | 8604 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 9C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 219C |
| UTF-32 | 0000219C |
| HTML decimal | ↜ |
| HTML hex | ↜ |
| CSS | \219C |
| JavaScript | \u219C |
| JSON | \u219C |
| Python | \u219C |
| Python by name | \N{LEFTWARDS WAVE ARROW} |
| Java, C# | \u219C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{219C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u219C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%86%9C |
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 WAVE ARROW |
| Code point | U+219C (decimal 8604) |
| Block | Arrows (U+2190–U+21FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arrows
- ↔ 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+219A Leftwards Arrow With Stroke
- ↛ U+219B Rightwards Arrow With Stroke
- ↝ 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
- ↣ U+21A3 Rightwards Arrow With Tail
- ↤ U+21A4 Leftwards Arrow From Bar
All 112 characters: Arrows.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ↜?
- Use ↜ (decimal) or ↜ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+219C?
- E2 86 9C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%86%9C.
- How do I write U+219C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u219C. Python: \u219C.
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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