Technical information

Symbol
NameUp down arrow with base
Unicode numberU+21A8
CategoryArrows with tails
DescriptionThe Unicode character ↨, or U+21A8, is known as the "Up Down Arrow with Base". 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 that points both upwards and downwards, with a horizontal line (or "base") at the bottom. It is commonly used to represent bi-directionality, balance, or the concept of "both ways" in mathematical diagrams, technical documents, or any graphic display that needs to convey such concepts. 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)↨
URL Escape Code%E2%86%A8
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x86 0xA8
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000110:10101000
UTF-160x21A8
UTF-320x000021A8

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21A8"
CSS Code\21A8
JavaScript"\u21A8"
Perl\x{21A8}
Python 2u"\u21A8"
Python 3\u21A8
Ruby\u{21A8}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
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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>&#8616;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21A8";
}

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