U+292A "⤪" South West Arrow and North West Arrow Unicode Character

U+292A "⤪" South West Arrow and North West Arrow is a mathematical symbol found in the Supplemental Arrows-B block, representing two arrows that diverge from a single shared origin, pointing southwest and northwest in opposite diagonal directions. This character is used in formal logic, diagrammatic reasoning, or technical notation to indicate branching or alternative pathways in a conceptual structure, where a process or value can split toward two distinct lower angled directions. Its design visually conveys a symmetric divergence, often employed in set theory, circuit design, or abstract mapping to show a simultaneous outward movement toward the west.

General Properties

Code Point	U+292A
Version Added	3.2
Name	South West Arrow and North West 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 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x292A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000292A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u292a

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