U+290E "⤎" Leftwards Triple Dash Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⤎
U+290E "⤎" Leftwards Triple Dash Arrow is an arrow symbol composed of a long shaft marked with three parallel dashes, pointing to the left, and belongs to the Supplemental Arrows B block, which includes various mathematical and technical arrow variants. It is primarily used in formal notation, such as in logic, computer science, or mathematics, to indicate a leftward mapping, transformation, or relation that is distinct from standard single or double dashed arrows, often conveying a weaker or intermediate directional connection between elements. This character is not commonly found in everyday text but serves a specific purpose in specialized diagrams and formal expressions where precise arrow differentiation is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+290E |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Leftwards Triple Dash Arrow |
| Block | Supplemental Arrows-B |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⤎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⤎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA4 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x290E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000290E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u290e |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |