↩ is the Unicode emoji LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK (“right arrow curving left”), code point U+21A9 (decimal 8617) in the Arrows block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ↩, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 86 A9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+21A9 |
| Decimal | 8617 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 A9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 21A9 |
| UTF-32 | 000021A9 |
| HTML decimal | ↩ |
| HTML hex | ↩ |
| HTML named | ↩ ↩ |
| CSS | \21A9 |
| JavaScript | \u21A9 |
| JSON | \u21A9 |
| Python | \u21A9 |
| Python by name | \N{LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK} |
| Java, C# | \u21A9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{21A9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u21A9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%86%A9 |
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 HOOK |
| Emoji name | right arrow curving left |
| Code point | U+21A9 (decimal 8617) |
| 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+21A1 Downwards Two Headed Arrow
- ↢ U+21A2 Leftwards Arrow With Tail
- ↣ U+21A3 Rightwards Arrow With Tail
- ↤ U+21A4 Leftwards Arrow From Bar
- ↥ U+21A5 Upwards Arrow From Bar
- ↦ U+21A6 Rightwards Arrow From Bar
- ↧ U+21A7 Downwards Arrow From Bar
- ↨ U+21A8 Up Down Arrow With Base
- ↪ U+21AA Left arrow curving right
- ↫ U+21AB Leftwards Arrow With Loop
- ↬ U+21AC Rightwards Arrow With Loop
- ↭ U+21AD Left Right Wave Arrow
- ↮ U+21AE Left Right Arrow With Stroke
- ↯ U+21AF Downwards Zigzag Arrow
- ↰ U+21B0 Upwards Arrow With Tip Leftwards
- ↱ U+21B1 Upwards Arrow With Tip Rightwards
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+21A9?
- E2 86 A9 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%86%A9.
- How do I write U+21A9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u21A9. Python: \u21A9.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; 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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