⇿ is the Unicode character LEFT RIGHT OPEN-HEADED ARROW, code point U+21FF (decimal 8703) in the Arrows block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⇿, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 87 BF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+21FF |
| Decimal | 8703 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 87 BF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 21FF |
| UTF-32 | 000021FF |
| HTML decimal | ⇿ |
| HTML hex | ⇿ |
| HTML named | ⇿ |
| CSS | \21FF |
| JavaScript | \u21FF |
| JSON | \u21FF |
| Python | \u21FF |
| Python by name | \N{LEFT RIGHT OPEN-HEADED ARROW} |
| Java, C# | \u21FF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{21FF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u21FF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%87%BF |
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 | LEFT RIGHT OPEN-HEADED ARROW |
| Code point | U+21FF (decimal 8703) |
| 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 | 3.2 |
Nearby in Arrows
- ⇷ U+21F7 Leftwards Arrow With Vertical Stroke
- ⇸ U+21F8 Rightwards Arrow With Vertical Stroke
- ⇹ U+21F9 Left Right Arrow With Vertical Stroke
- ⇺ U+21FA Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
- ⇻ U+21FB Rightwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
- ⇼ U+21FC Left Right Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
- ⇽ U+21FD Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow
- ⇾ U+21FE Rightwards Open-Headed Arrow
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+21FF?
- E2 87 BF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%87%BF.
- How do I write U+21FF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u21FF. Python: \u21FF.
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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