U+21BE "↾" Upwards Harpoon with Barb Rightwards Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+21BE "↾" Upwards Harpoon with Barb Rightwards is a typographic symbol belonging to the Arrows block, and it represents an upward pointing harpoon with a barb on its right side. It is used primarily in mathematical notation, particularly in the fields of logic, set theory, and category theory, where it can denote functions, mappings, or relations, such as a partial function or an injective map, depending on the context. Its design conveys a distinct directionality and is often employed to contrast with other arrow variants in formal proofs or diagrams.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21BE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Upwards Harpoon with Barb Rightwards |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Up Harpoon with Barb Right |
| 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21be |
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 |