U+20ED "⃭" Combining Leftwards Harpoon with Barb Downwards Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⃭
U+20ED "⃭" Combining Leftwards Harpoon with Barb Downwards is a combining diacritical mark used in mathematical notation and phonetics, where it is placed above or below another character to modify its meaning, typically indicating a specific directional or articulatory gesture. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it may represent a retracted or reversed articulation, while in mathematical contexts it can denote a vector or direction in diagrams. The symbol consists of a horizontal harpoon line pointing left with a downward-facing barb at its tip, adhering to the design conventions of combining marks that integrate with the underlying base character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+20ED |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Combining Leftwards Harpoon with Barb Downwards |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⃭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⃭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x83 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x20ED |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000020ED |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u20ed |