U+21B6 "↶" Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+21B6 "↶" Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow is a typographic symbol that visually represents an arrow curving in a counterclockwise direction along the upper half of a circle. It is often used in diagrams, user interfaces, and technical documentation to indicate a reversal, return, or an anticlockwise rotational movement, particularly in contexts like media playback controls or undo actions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21B6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ↶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ↶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x86 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21b6 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Other Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |