U+1F838 "🠸" Leftwards Squared Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🠸
U+1F838 "🠸" Leftwards Squared Arrow is a specialized typographic symbol belonging to the Supplemental Arrows-C block, designed to represent a directional indicator contained within a squared outline. Its primary use is in technical documentation, diagrams, or user interface mappings where a clear, geometric leftward arrow is needed to signify navigation, movement, or a return to a previous state within a structured layout, such as in flowcharts or menu systems. Unlike simpler arrow glyphs, the squared enclosure helps distinguish it as a distinct control or function icon, avoiding confusion with standard text arrows.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F838 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Leftwards Squared 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDC38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F838 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udc38 |
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 |