U+1F820 "🠠" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft Unicode Character

U+1F820 "🠠" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft is a specialized typographic symbol that depicts an arrow pointing to the left, distinguished by its triangular arrowhead and a notably thin or slender shaft that connects the head to the tail. Part of the Unicode block for supplemental arrows, this character is used primarily in technical diagrams, mathematical notation, or illustrative contexts where a leftward direction needs to be indicated with a specific visual style, differing from standard arrow characters by its narrower line weight. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for consistent representation across different digital platforms and fonts, enabling precise communication in fields that rely on detailed directional or cartographic symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F820
Version Added	7.0
Name	Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft
Block	Supplemental Arrows-C
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 0xA0 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC20
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F820
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc20

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other