Unicode Character "⟵" (U+27F5)

The character (Long Leftwards Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27F5. It is encoded in the Supplemental Arrows-A block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⟵.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Long Leftwards Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+27F5
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Supplemental Arrows-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

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

U+27F5 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟵
HTML (hex) ⟵
HTML (named) ⟵
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%B5
CSS \0027F5
JavaScript, JSON \u27F5
C, C++, Java \u27F5
Python \u27F5
Rust \u{27F5}
Ruby \u27F5

How to type "⟵"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 F 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 F 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xB5
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27F5
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027F5

References