Unicode Character "←" (U+FFE9)
The character ← (Halfwidth Leftwards Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FFE9. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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 | Halfwidth Leftwards Arrow |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+FFE9 |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June, 1993) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| 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 |
| Decomposition mapping |
U+FFE9 Conversion
| HTML (decimal) | ← |
|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ← |
| HTML (named) | - |
| URL Escape Code | %EF%BF%A9 |
| CSS | \00FFE9 |
| JavaScript, JSON | \uFFE9 |
| C, C++, Java | \uFFE9 |
| Python | \uFFE9 |
| Rust | \u{FFE9} |
| Ruby | \uFFE9 |
How to type "←"
Preview
- ← Times, Times New Roman, serif
- ← Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
- ← Courier, Courier New, monospace
UTF Encodings
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xEF 0xBF 0xA9 |
|---|---|
| UTF-16 (hex) | 0xFFE9 |
| UTF-32 (hex) | 0x0000FFE9 |