U+23F4 "⏴" Black Medium Left-Pointing Triangle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏴
U+23F4 "⏴" Black Medium Left-Pointing Triangle is a typographic symbol that represents a filled, solid black triangle pointing to the left, often used in user interfaces and media controls to indicate a reverse, rewind, or leftward navigation function. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block of Unicode, which includes various control and interface symbols for computing and electronics. While visually similar to a triangular arrow, this character is distinct from left-pointing arrow symbols and is typically employed for playback functions in audio or video applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23F4 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Black Medium Left-Pointing Triangle |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⏴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⏴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8F 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23F4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23f4 |
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 | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |