U+21EA "⇪" Upwards White Arrow from Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+21EA "⇪" Upwards White Arrow from Bar is a typographic symbol that consists of a hollow or white arrow pointing upward, whose shaft originates from a short horizontal bar at its base. It is primarily recognized as the standard character for the Caps Lock key on computer keyboards, indicating the state where typed letters are converted to uppercase. This character falls within the "Arrows" block of Unicode and is distinct from other similar arrow symbols due to its specific design and functional association with keyboard interface conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21EA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Upwards White Arrow from Bar |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | White Up Arrow from 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 0x87 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21ea |
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 |