Unicode Character "↶" (U+21B6)

The character ↶ (Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+21B6. 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 Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+21B6
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+21B6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ↶
HTML (hex) ↶
HTML (named) ↶
URL Escape Code %E2%86%B6
CSS \0021B6
JavaScript, JSON \u21B6
C, C++, Java \u21B6
Python \u21B6
Rust \u{21B6}
Ruby \u21B6

How to type "↶"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 B 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 B 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x86 0xB6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x21B6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000021B6

References