↯
Technical information
| Symbol | ↯ | |
| Name | Downwards zigzag arrow | |
| Unicode number | U+21AF | |
| Category | Wavy arrows | |
| Description | The Unicode character ↯, or U+21AF, is known as the "Downwards Zigzag Arrow". It is part of the "Arrows" block, which is a collection of symbols used to represent or imply movement or direction. In the Unicode standard, it doesn't fall under a specific subcategory. This character is used in a variety of contexts, including diagrams and flowcharts, to indicate an irregular, non-linear, or zigzagging movement or progression downwards. It can represent a change in direction, a detour, or an unpredictable path. Despite its specialized design, its usage can be quite flexible, depending on the particular context in which it's applied. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ↯ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ↯ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%86%AF | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x86 0xAF | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10000110:10101111 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x21AF | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000021AF |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u21AF" | |
| CSS Code | \21AF | |
| JavaScript | "\u21AF" | |
| Perl | \x{21AF} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u21AF" | |
| Python 3 | \u21AF | |
| Ruby | \u{21AF} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ↯ in sentence and in bold like this ↯ and in italic like this ↯.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>↯</span>
span {
content: "\21AF";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana