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Technical information
| Symbol | ◄ | |
| Name | Black left-pointing pointer | |
| Unicode number | U+25C4 | |
| Category | Triangle | |
| Description | The Unicode character ◄, or U+25C4, is known as the "Black Left-Pointing Pointer". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The character is a triangular shape filled in with black and pointed to the left. It's typically used as a directional symbol or indicator, pointing towards content or items on the left. Its use can vary widely, such as in user interfaces, diagrams, presentations, or as part of other symbols. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ◄ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ◄ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%97%84 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x97 0x84 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010111:10000100 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x25C4 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000025C4 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u25C4" | |
| CSS Code | \25C4 | |
| JavaScript | "\u25C4" | |
| Perl | \x{25C4} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u25C4" | |
| Python 3 | \u25C4 | |
| Ruby | \u{25C4} |
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
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>◄</span>
span {
content: "\25C4";
}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