Unicode Character "⟸" (U+27F8)

The character ⟸ (Long Leftwards Double Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27F8. 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 Double Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+27F8
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+27F8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟸
HTML (hex) ⟸
HTML (named) ⟸
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%B8
CSS \0027F8
JavaScript, JSON \u27F8
C, C++, Java \u27F8
Python \u27F8
Rust \u{27F8}
Ruby \u27F8

How to type "⟸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 F 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 F 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27F8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027F8

References