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U+02C2 · MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD

Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead

  • CodepointU+02C2
  • NameMODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD
  • Decimal706
  • BlockSpacing Modifier Letters (U+02B0–U+02FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySk — Modifier Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+02C2 (˂) is MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD, a modifier symbol in the Spacing Modifier Letters block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ˂

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8CB 822 bytes
UTF-1602C21 code unit
UTF-32000002C24 bytes
HTML decimal˂
HTML hex˂
CSS\2C2in content: "…"
JavaScript\u02C2
JSON\u02C2
Python\u02C2
Python\N{MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD}by name
Java / C#\u02C2
C / C++\u02C2universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2C2}
Go\u02C2
Ruby\u02C2
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(706)
URL-encoded%CB%82percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

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Nearby in Spacing Modifier Letters

All in block →
U+02BCʼModifier Letter Apostrophe U+02BDʽModifier Letter Reversed Comma U+02BEʾModifier Letter Right Half Ring U+02BFʿModifier Letter Left Half Ring U+02C0ˀModifier Letter Glottal Stop U+02C1ˁModifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop U+02C3˃Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead U+02C4˄Modifier Letter Up Arrowhead U+02C5˅Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead U+02C6ˆModifier Letter Circumflex Accent U+02C7ˇCaron U+02C8ˈModifier Letter Vertical Line