U+21D6 "⇖" North West Double Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⇖
U+21D6 "⇖" North West Double Arrow is a typographic symbol that represents a double-lined arrow pointing diagonally toward the upper left, commonly used in mathematical notation, diagramming, or user interface design to indicate movement, direction, or a vector oriented to the north west. It belongs to the Arrows block in Unicode, which includes a variety of similarly styled directional symbols. This character can be utilized in contexts ranging from coordinate mapping to logical flowcharts, where a clear, non ambiguous diagonal direction with emphasis is required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21D6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | North West Double Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Upper Left Double 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 0x87 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21d6 |
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 |