U+1F834 "🠴" Leftwards Finger-Post Arrow Unicode Character

U+1F834 "🠴" Leftwards Finger-Post Arrow is a typographic symbol belonging to the Supplemental Arrows C block, designed to depict a broad arrowhead pointing left with a small extension resembling a finger or pointer. This character is used in cartography, signage, and diagrammatic instructions to indicate a direction or reference point, often in contexts where a more decorative or information emphasized arrow is needed. Its design echoes traditional finger post road signs, and it can function as a visual cue in directional signage, wayfinding systems, or technical manuals to draw attention to a leftward element or navigation path.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F834
Version Added	7.0
Name	Leftwards Finger-Post Arrow
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 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC34
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F834
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc34

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