U+2B6A "⭪" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow Unicode Character

U+2B6A "⭪" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow is a specialized arrow symbol defined in the Unicode standard's Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block used primarily for technical diagrams, mathematical notation, and interface design. Its distinctive features include a solid triangular arrowhead pointing to the left and a dashed shaft, which commonly indicates a conceptual or incremental directional movement, such as a partial shift, a less direct relationship, or a hypothetical or optional backward navigation step in flowcharts and schematic illustrations. This character provides a clear visual cue for leftward progression that is noncontiguous or has a degree of uncertainty, distinguishing it from solid-shaft arrows that denote definitive or continuous paths.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2B6A
Version Added	7.0
Name	Leftwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⭪
HTML Hex Encoding	⭪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xAD 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2B6A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002B6A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2b6a

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
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other