Technical information

Symbol
NameRightwards arrow with hook
Unicode numberU+21AA
CategoryArrows with hook
DescriptionThe Unicode character ↪, or U+21AA, is known as the "Rightwards Arrow With Hook". It belongs to the "Arrows" block and is categorized as "Symbol, Math" in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, this character looks like an arrow pointing to the right with a 90-degree hook at its tail end, pointing upwards. It's often used in diagrams or in text to indicate a return to a previous point, a step back, or a redirect in a process or sequence. The specific appearance and usage of this character can vary based on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML Entity↪
HTML Entity (hex)↪
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%86%AA
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x86 0xAA
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000110:10101010
UTF-160x21AA
UTF-320x000021AA

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21AA"
CSS Code\21AA
JavaScript"\u21AA"
Perl\x{21AA}
Python 2u"\u21AA"
Python 3\u21AA
Ruby\u{21AA}

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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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>&#8618;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21AA";
}

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