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Technical information

Symbol⇤
NameLeftwards arrow to bar
Unicode numberU+21E4
CategoryArrows to or from barKeyboard symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇤, or U+21E4, is known as the "Leftwards Arrow To Bar". 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 pointing to the left with a vertical bar at its end. In the realm of mathematics and computing, it is often used to denote a specific kind of operation or function. 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)⇤
HTML Entity (named)⇤
URL Escape Code%E2%87%A4
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA4
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10100100
UTF-160x21E4
UTF-320x000021E4

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E4"
CSS Code\21E4
JavaScript"\u21E4"
Perl\x{21E4}
Python 2u"\u21E4"
Python 3\u21E4
Ruby\u{21E4}

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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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

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8676;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E4";
}

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

References