Technical information

Symbol
NameLeftwards arrow with hook
Unicode numberU+21A9
CategoryArrows with hook
DescriptionThe Unicode character ↩, or U+21A9, is known as the "Leftwards Arrow with Hook". It belongs to the "Arrows" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Math" category according to the Unicode standard. The glyph is represented as a horizontal arrow pointing to the left with a hook or 90-degree bend at the end, pointing upwards. This character is often used to indicate a 'return' or 'back' function in software interfaces or a 'line return' in written text.

Encoding

HTML Entity↩
HTML Entity (hex)↩
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%86%A9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x86 0xA9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000110:10101001
UTF-160x21A9
UTF-320x000021A9

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21A9"
CSS Code\21A9
JavaScript"\u21A9"
Perl\x{21A9}
Python 2u"\u21A9"
Python 3\u21A9
Ruby\u{21A9}

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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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>&#8617;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21A9";
}

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