U+2190 "←" Leftwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2190 "←" Leftwards Arrow is a typographic symbol representing direction, movement, or orientation to the left, commonly used in user interfaces, mathematical notation, and textual diagrams to indicate a backward, return, or westward trajectory. It belongs to the Arrows block of the Unicode standard, where it was introduced in Unicode 1.1 to provide a universally recognizable glyph for communication across digital platforms. This arrow often functions as a navigational icon, a logical operator in logic or computer science, or a simple pictorial cue in plain text, making it versatile for both functional and decorative purposes in written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2190 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Leftwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Left Arrow |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ← |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ← |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x86 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2190 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002190 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2190 |