U+21BA "↺" Anticlockwise Open Circle Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+21BA "↺" Anticlockwise Open Circle Arrow is a typographic symbol that depicts an arrow curving counterclockwise around an open circle, commonly used in computing and digital interfaces to represent a "refresh," "reload," or "undo" action, particularly in web browsers and media players. It visually indicates a reversal of direction or a return to a previous state, distinguishing itself from its clockwise counterpart U+21BB which denotes forward or redo operations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21BA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Anticlockwise Open Circle 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21ba |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |