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Technical information

Symbol☚
NameBlack left pointing index
Unicode numberU+261A
CategoryHand gesturesPointing hand symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ☚, or U+261A, is known as the "Black Left Pointing Index". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a hand with its index finger pointing to the left. It can be used in various contexts to indicate direction, emphasize a particular section of text, or as a decorative element. 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%98%9A
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x9A
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10011010
UTF-160x261A
UTF-320x0000261A

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u261A"
CSS Code\261A
JavaScript"\u261A"
Perl\x{261A}
Python 2u"\u261A"
Python 3\u261A
Ruby\u{261A}

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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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>&#9754;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\261A";
}

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