U+294C "⥌" Up Barb Right down Barb Left Harpoon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⥌
U+294C "⥌" Up Barb Right down Barb Left Harpoon is a specific symbol within the Unicode standard's Supplemental Arrows-B block, used primarily in mathematical notation and technical diagrams to represent a bidirectional or paired harpoon relationship. This character depicts two horizontal harpoon-like arrows stacked vertically: the upper arrow points to the right with a barb, while the lower arrow points to the left with its own barb. It is often employed in contexts such as category theory, logic, or physics to denote a mapping or motion that operates in opposing horizontal directions along a single line, distinguishing it from a simple double-headed arrow by emphasizing the distinct directional constraints of each barbs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+294C |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Up Barb Right down Barb Left Harpoon |
| 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 0xA5 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x294C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000294C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u294c |
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 |