Technical information

Symbol
NameDownwards dashed arrow
Unicode numberU+21E3
CategoryDashed arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇣, or U+21E3, is known as the "Downwards Dashed Arrow". It belongs to the "Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a dashed arrow pointing downwards. It can be used in various digital or graphical contexts to indicate a downward direction or movement, particularly in situations where a continuous arrow might not be appropriate or to symbolize intermittent or optional movement. 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%87%A3
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA3
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10100011
UTF-160x21E3
UTF-320x000021E3

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E3"
CSS Code\21E3
JavaScript"\u21E3"
Perl\x{21E3}
Python 2u"\u21E3"
Python 3\u21E3
Ruby\u{21E3}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⇣ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
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28px
36px
48px
72px

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>&#8675;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E3";
}

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