Technical information

Symbol
NameUpwards arrow with double stroke
Unicode numberU+21DE
CategoryMiscellaneous arrowsKeyboard symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇞, or U+21DE, is known as the "Upwards Arrow with Double Stroke". It belongs to the "Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Math" category in the Unicode standard. This character depicts an upwards-pointing arrow with two parallel vertical lines running through its shaft, giving it the appearance of a double stroke. In computing interfaces, especially text editors or word processing software, this symbol is often associated with the "Page Up" function, which allows users to navigate to the previous page or a segment higher up in the document. The specific visual representation of this character can vary depending on the system or application in which it's used. The appearance can also slightly differ based on the font and typography used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⇞
HTML Entity (hex)⇞
URL Escape Code%E2%87%9E
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0x9E
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10011110
UTF-160x21DE
UTF-320x000021DE

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21DE"
CSS Code\21DE
JavaScript"\u21DE"
Perl\x{21DE}
Python 2u"\u21DE"
Python 3\u21DE
Ruby\u{21DE}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
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>&#8670;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21DE";
}

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