U+21B8 "↸" North West Arrow to Long Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+21B8 "↸" North West Arrow to Long Bar is a typographic symbol that depicts an arrow pointing toward the upper left or northwest direction, with its arrowhead terminating at a horizontal bar that extends to the right, rather than at a simple line or point. This glyph is classified under the Arrows block (U+2190 to U+21FF) and serves primarily in technical notation, such as in mapping, diagramming, or as a control character indicator in legacy computing and telecommunications standards where directional movement or cursor relocation to a specific boundary is represented. Its design combines clear directional intent with a distinct terminal feature, distinguishing it from simpler arrow symbols.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21B8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | North West Arrow to Long Bar |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Upper Left Arrow to Long Bar |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21b8 |