Unicode Character "⇢" (U+21E2)

The character ⇢ (Rightwards Dashed Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+21E2. 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 Rightwards Dashed Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+21E2
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+21E2 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⇢
HTML (hex) ⇢
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%87%A2
CSS \0021E2
JavaScript, JSON \u21E2
C, C++, Java \u21E2
Python \u21E2
Rust \u{21E2}
Ruby \u21E2

How to type "⇢"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x87 0xA2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x21E2
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000021E2

References