U+293C "⤼" Top Arc Clockwise Arrow with Minus Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+293C "⤼" Top Arc Clockwise Arrow with Minus is a typographic symbol belonging to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, specifically the subset of "Kleinian" or "Alchemical" arrows used in mathematics, logic, and early chemical notation. It depicts a curved arrow that arcs to the right in a clockwise direction above a horizontal minus sign, visually suggesting a process of reduction or counteraction combined with directional motion. This character is rarely used in modern text but may appear in specialized diagrams, such as those illustrating cyclic reactions or transformations where a clockwise progression coincides with a subtraction or negative operator. Its design reflects a historical need to encode complex relational symbols in plain text, bridging graphical notation and Unicode standardization.

General Properties

Code Point U+293C
Version Added 3.2
Name Top Arc Clockwise Arrow with Minus
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 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x293C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000293C
C/C++/Java Escape \u293c

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