U+1F840 "🡀" Leftwards Heavy Compressed Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F840 "🡀" Leftwards Heavy Compressed Arrow is part of the Supplemental Arrows C block and depicts a thick, compact arrow pointing to the left, primarily intended for use in technical diagrams, maps, or directional signage where a bold yet space efficient indicator is needed. Its design features a notably short and wide arrowhead with a heavy shaft, distinguishing it from standard leftward arrows by its compressed proportions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F840 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Leftwards Heavy Compressed 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 0xA1 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDC40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F840 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udc40 |
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 |