⬅
Technical information
| Symbol | ⬅ | |
| Name | Leftwards black arrow | |
| Unicode number | U+2B05 | |
| Category | Black arrows | |
| Description | The Unicode character ⬅, or U+2B05, is known as the "Leftwards Black Arrow". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is often used in diagrams, flowcharts, and other similar instances where an arrow is needed to point in the left direction. It can also be used in text to denote the concept of 'going back' or 'previous'. The character visually appears as a simple, solid, thick arrow pointing to the left. The exact appearance can vary slightly depending on the font and system used. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ⬅ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ⬅ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%AC%85 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0xAC 0x85 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10101100:10000101 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2B05 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002B05 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2B05" | |
| CSS Code | \2B05 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2B05" | |
| Perl | \x{2B05} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2B05" | |
| Python 3 | \u2B05 | |
| Ruby | \u{2B05} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ⬅ in sentence and in bold like this ⬅ and in italic like this ⬅.
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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
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>⬅</span>
span {
content: "\2B05";
}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