☜ is the Unicode character WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX, code point U+261C (decimal 9756) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ☜, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 98 9C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+261C |
| Decimal | 9756 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 9C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 261C |
| UTF-32 | 0000261C |
| HTML decimal | ☜ |
| HTML hex | ☜ |
| CSS | \261C |
| JavaScript | \u261C |
| JSON | \u261C |
| Python | \u261C |
| Python by name | \N{WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX} |
| Java, C# | \u261C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{261C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u261C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%98%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 | WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX |
| Code point | U+261C (decimal 9756) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF) |
| 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 Miscellaneous Symbols
- ☔ U+2614 Umbrella with rain drops
- ☕ U+2615 Hot beverage
- ☖ U+2616 White Shogi Piece
- ☗ U+2617 Black Shogi Piece
- ☘ U+2618 Shamrock
- ☙ U+2619 Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet
- ☚ U+261A Black Left Pointing Index
- ☛ U+261B Black Right Pointing Index
- ☝ U+261D Index pointing up
- ☞ U+261E White Right Pointing Index
- ☟ U+261F White Down Pointing Index
- ☠ U+2620 Skull and crossbones
- ☡ U+2621 Caution Sign
- ☢ U+2622 Radioactive
- ☣ U+2623 Biohazard
- ☤ U+2624 Caduceus
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ☜?
- Use ☜ (decimal) or ☜ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+261C?
- E2 98 9C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%98%9C.
- How do I write U+261C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u261C. Python: \u261C.
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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