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Technical information

Symbol⇥
NameRightwards arrow to bar
Unicode numberU+21E5
CategoryKeyboard symbolsArrows to or from bar
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇥, or U+21E5, is known as the "Rightwards Arrow To Bar". It falls under the "Arrows" block and the "Math Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. This character is represented as a horizontal arrow pointing towards the right and ending with a perpendicular bar. It is commonly used in various fields such as mathematics and computer programming to denote concepts like insertion or moving towards a boundary or limit. It's especially recognized in the field of computer science where it symbolizes the "Tab" key or tabulation operation, denoting the movement from one predetermined position (or tab stop) to the next.

Encoding

HTML Entity⇥
HTML Entity (hex)⇥
HTML Entity (named)⇥
URL Escape Code%E2%87%A5
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA5
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10100101
UTF-160x21E5
UTF-320x000021E5

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E5"
CSS Code\21E5
JavaScript"\u21E5"
Perl\x{21E5}
Python 2u"\u21E5"
Python 3\u21E5
Ruby\u{21E5}

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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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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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8677;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E5";
}

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