Unicode Character "☜" (U+261C)

The character ☜ (White Left Pointing Index) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+261C. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols 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 White Left Pointing Index
Unicode Codepoint U+261C
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
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+261C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☜
HTML (hex) ☜
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%9C
CSS \00261C
JavaScript, JSON \u261C
C, C++, Java \u261C
Python \u261C
Rust \u{261C}
Ruby \u261C

How to type "☜"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x261C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000261C

References