U+26D6 "⛖" Black Two-Way Left Way Traffic Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+26D6 "⛖" Black Two-Way Left Way Traffic is a symbol from the Miscellaneous Symbols block, used to indicate a specific traffic pattern where two-way traffic flows on the left side of a roadway. It is part of a set of map and transportation symbols, often employed in roadway signage or navigation systems to denote a route or lane arrangement in countries where driving is on the left. The design features a bold, black rectangular outline with an arrow pointing left above a smaller left-pointing arrow, visually representing the dual direction of travel on the left side. This character helps convey critical information at a glance in contexts like digital maps or documentation for traffic engineering.

General Properties

Code Point U+26D6
Version Added 5.2
Name Black Two-Way Left Way Traffic
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⛖
HTML Hex Encoding ⛖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x9B 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x26D6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000026D6
C/C++/Java Escape \u26d6

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 Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
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