Unicode Character "↩" (U+21A9)

The character ↩ (Leftwards Arrow With Hook) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+21A9. It is encoded in the Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ↩.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Leftwards Arrow With Hook
Unicode Codepoint U+21A9
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Arrows
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+21A9 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ↩
HTML (hex) ↩
HTML (named) ↩
URL Escape Code %E2%86%A9
CSS \0021A9
JavaScript, JSON \u21A9
C, C++, Java \u21A9
Python \u21A9
Rust \u{21A9}
Ruby \u21A9

How to type "↩"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 A 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 A 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ↩
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ↩
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ↩
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x86 0xA9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x21A9
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000021A9

References