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U+21BA · ANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW

Anticlockwise Open Circle Arrow

  • CodepointU+21BA
  • NameANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW
  • Decimal8634
  • 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+21BA (↺) is ANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE 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 BA3 bytes
UTF-1621BA1 code unit
UTF-32000021BA4 bytes
HTML named↺named character reference
HTML named↺named character reference
HTML decimal↺
HTML hex↺
CSS\21BAin content: "…"
JavaScript\u21BA
JSON\u21BA
Python\u21BA
Python\N{ANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW}by name
Java / C#\u21BA
C / C++\u21BAuniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{21BA}
Go\u21BA
Ruby\u21BA
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8634)
URL-encoded%E2%86%BApercent-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+1F10E🄎Circled Anticlockwise Arrow
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Nearby in Arrows

All in block →
U+21B4↴Rightwards Arrow with Corner Downwards U+21B5↵Downwards Arrow with Corner Leftwards U+21B6↶Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow U+21B7↷Clockwise Top Semicircle Arrow U+21B8↸North West Arrow to Long Bar U+21B9↹Leftwards Arrow to Bar Over Rightwards Arrow to Bar U+21BB↻Clockwise Open Circle Arrow U+21BC↼Leftwards Harpoon with Barb Upwards U+21BD↽Leftwards Harpoon with Barb Downwards U+21BE↾Upwards Harpoon with Barb Rightwards U+21BF↿Upwards Harpoon with Barb Leftwards U+21C0⇀Rightwards Harpoon with Barb Upwards