Technical information

Symbol
NameLong leftwards arrow
Unicode numberU+27F5
CategoryLong arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⟵, or U+27F5, is known as "Long Leftwards Arrow". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" block and is categorized under the "Math Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character represents an extended or elongated version of the conventional leftwards arrow, and it is commonly used in mathematics or logic to denote a relationship or process flowing in a leftwards direction, or the inverse of a process or relationship. It can also be used in diagrams or models where more space or emphasis is needed for the arrow.

Encoding

HTML Entity⟵
HTML Entity (hex)⟵
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%9F%B5
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9F 0xB5
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011111:10110101
UTF-160x27F5
UTF-320x000027F5

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u27F5"
CSS Code\27F5
JavaScript"\u27F5"
Perl\x{27F5}
Python 2u"\u27F5"
Python 3\u27F5
Ruby\u{27F5}

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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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>&#10229;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\27F5";
}

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