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U+21A1 · DOWNWARDS TWO HEADED ARROW

Downwards Two Headed Arrow

  • CodepointU+21A1
  • NameDOWNWARDS TWO HEADED ARROW
  • Decimal8609
  • BlockArrows (U+2190–U+21FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+21A1 (↡) is DOWNWARDS TWO HEADED ARROW, a 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).

How to type ↡

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 86 A13 bytes
UTF-1621A11 code unit
UTF-32000021A14 bytes
HTML named↡named character reference
HTML decimal↡
HTML hex↡
CSS\21A1in content: "…"
JavaScript\u21A1
JSON\u21A1
Python\u21A1
Python\N{DOWNWARDS TWO HEADED ARROW}by name
Java / C#\u21A1
C / C++\u21A1universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{21A1}
Go\u21A1
Ruby\u21A1
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8609)
URL-encoded%E2%86%A1percent-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.

U+2BEF⯯Downwards Two-Headed Arrow with Triangle Arrowheads
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Nearby in Arrows

All in block →
U+219B↛Rightwards Arrow with Stroke U+219C↜Leftwards Wave Arrow U+219D↝Rightwards Wave Arrow U+219E↞Leftwards Two Headed Arrow U+219F↟Upwards Two Headed Arrow U+21A0↠Rightwards Two Headed Arrow U+21A2↢Leftwards Arrow with Tail U+21A3↣Rightwards Arrow with Tail U+21A4↤Leftwards Arrow from Bar U+21A5↥Upwards Arrow from Bar U+21A6↦Rightwards Arrow from Bar U+21A7↧Downwards Arrow from Bar