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U+2190 · LEFTWARDS ARROW

Leftwards Arrow

  • CodepointU+2190
  • NameLEFTWARDS ARROW
  • Decimal8592
  • BlockArrows (U+2190–U+21FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2190 (←) is LEFTWARDS ARROW, a mathematical symbol in the Arrows 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).

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ←

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 86 903 bytes
UTF-1621901 code unit
UTF-32000021904 bytes
HTML named←named character reference
HTML named←named character reference
HTML named←named character reference
HTML decimal←
HTML hex←
CSS\2190in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2190
JSON\u2190
Python\u2190
Python\N{LEFTWARDS ARROW}by name
Java / C#\u2190
C / C++\u2190universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2190}
Go\u2190
Ruby\u2190
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8592)
URL-encoded%E2%86%90percent-encoded UTF-8
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Characters built on ←

U+219A↚Leftwards Arrow with Stroke U+FFE9￩Halfwidth Leftwards Arrow
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Nearby in Arrows

All in block →
U+2191↑Upwards Arrow U+2192→Rightwards Arrow U+2193↓Downwards Arrow U+2194↔Left Right Arrow U+2195↕Up Down Arrow U+2196↖North West Arrow