U+1F8A2 "🢢" Leftwards Top Shaded White Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F8A2 "🢢" Leftwards Top Shaded White Arrow is a symbol from the Geometric Shapes Extended block, officially designated as a white arrow pointing left with a shaded top half. It is intended for use in technical diagrams, mapping, or interface designs where a directional indicator with a three dimensional or gradient effect is required. This character's design features an open outline with a darker upper section that creates a subtle shading illusion, distinguishing it from simpler arrow symbols. While not widely used in everyday text, it serves as a specialized glyph for precise visual communication in digital content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F8A2 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Leftwards Top Shaded White 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 0xA2 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDCA2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F8A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udca2 |
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 |