⇠ is the Unicode character LEFTWARDS DASHED ARROW, code point U+21E0 (decimal 8672) in the Arrows block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⇠, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 87 A0.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+21E0 |
| Decimal | 8672 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 87 A0 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 21E0 |
| UTF-32 | 000021E0 |
| HTML decimal | ⇠ |
| HTML hex | ⇠ |
| CSS | \21E0 |
| JavaScript | \u21E0 |
| JSON | \u21E0 |
| Python | \u21E0 |
| Python by name | \N{LEFTWARDS DASHED ARROW} |
| Java, C# | \u21E0 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{21E0} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u21E0 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%87%A0 |
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 DASHED ARROW |
| Code point | U+21E0 (decimal 8672) |
| 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+21D8 South East Double Arrow
- ⇙ U+21D9 South West Double Arrow
- ⇚ U+21DA Leftwards Triple Arrow
- ⇛ U+21DB Rightwards Triple Arrow
- ⇜ U+21DC Leftwards Squiggle Arrow
- ⇝ U+21DD Rightwards Squiggle Arrow
- ⇞ U+21DE Upwards Arrow With Double Stroke
- ⇟ U+21DF Downwards Arrow With Double Stroke
- ⇡ U+21E1 Upwards Dashed Arrow
- ⇢ U+21E2 Rightwards Dashed Arrow
- ⇣ U+21E3 Downwards Dashed Arrow
- ⇤ U+21E4 Leftwards Arrow To Bar
- ⇥ U+21E5 Rightwards Arrow To Bar
- ⇦ U+21E6 Leftwards White Arrow
- ⇧ U+21E7 Upwards White Arrow
- ⇨ U+21E8 Rightwards White Arrow
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+21E0?
- E2 87 A0 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%87%A0.
- How do I write U+21E0 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u21E0. Python: \u21E0.
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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