Technical information

Symbol
NameRightwards arrow from bar
Unicode numberU+21A6
CategoryArrows with tails
DescriptionThe Unicode character ↦, or U+21A6, is known as the "Rightwards Arrow From Bar". It belongs to the "Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Math" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of an arrow pointing to the right and originating from a vertical bar. It is commonly used in mathematical contexts and diagrams to represent a mapping or function from one set to another. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity↦
HTML Entity (hex)↦
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%86%A6
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x86 0xA6
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000110:10100110
UTF-160x21A6
UTF-320x000021A6

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21A6"
CSS Code\21A6
JavaScript"\u21A6"
Perl\x{21A6}
Python 2u"\u21A6"
Python 3\u21A6
Ruby\u{21A6}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ↦ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8614;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21A6";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References