Unicode Character "↯" (U+21AF)

The character ↯ (Downwards Zigzag Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+21AF. 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 Downwards Zigzag Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+21AF
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+21AF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ↯
HTML (hex) ↯
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%86%AF
CSS \0021AF
JavaScript, JSON \u21AF
C, C++, Java \u21AF
Python \u21AF
Rust \u{21AF}
Ruby \u21AF

How to type "↯"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x86 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x21AF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000021AF

References