Unicode Character "⬅" (U+2B05)

The character ⬅ (Leftwards Black Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2B05. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 4.0 (April, 2003). It is HTML encoded as ⬅.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Leftwards Black Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+2B05
Unicode Version 4.0 (April, 2003)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and 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+2B05 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⬅
HTML (hex) ⬅
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AC%85
CSS \002B05
JavaScript, JSON \u2B05
C, C++, Java \u2B05
Python \u2B05
Rust \u{2B05}
Ruby \u2B05

How to type "⬅"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 B 0 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 B 0 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAC 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2B05
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002B05

References