U+1F50D "🔍" Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F50D "🔍" Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass is a graphical symbol representing a magnifying glass tilted to the left, commonly used in digital interfaces to indicate the search function, such as in browser search bars, file explorers, and application menus. It is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, and is often employed as a visual cue for users to locate tools for finding text, files, or information. The emoji version of this character conveys a sense of discovery or investigation, making it a versatile icon in both technical and casual communication contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F50D |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🔍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🔍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDD0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F50D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udd0d |