Technical information

Symbol
NameLeftwards dashed arrow
Unicode numberU+21E0
CategoryDashed arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇠, or U+21E0, is known as the "Leftwards Dashed Arrow". 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 with a dashed line pointing to the left. It is commonly used in diagrams, charts, or any graphical display where there's a need to illustrate a non-continuous or conditional leftward direction or movement. 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%87%A0
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA0
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10100000
UTF-160x21E0
UTF-320x000021E0

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E0"
CSS Code\21E0
JavaScript"\u21E0"
Perl\x{21E0}
Python 2u"\u21E0"
Python 3\u21E0
Ruby\u{21E0}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
16px
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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>&#8672;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E0";
}

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