U+1F898 "🢘" Leftwards Arrow with Notched Tail Unicode Character

U+1F898 "🢘" Leftwards Arrow with Notched Tail is a specialized arrow symbol in the Unicode standard, part of the Supplemental Arrows-C block, which features a distinctive notch cut into the tail of the leftward pointing arrow. This glyph is intended for use in technical diagrams, flowcharts, or mathematical notation where a unique arrow style is needed to indicate direction with a subtle visual distinction from standard leftwards arrows. Its design, with a single notch on the tail, helps prevent confusion with other arrows and provides a clear, unambiguous directional cue in precise graphical contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F898
Version Added	7.0
Name	Leftwards Arrow with Notched Tail
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 0xA2 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC98
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F898
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc98

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