U+2B7A "⭺" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Double Horizontal Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⭺
U+2B7A "⭺" Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Double Horizontal Stroke is a typographic symbol in the Dingbats block, designed to convey a direction to the left with an emphasis on stability or constraint, as indicated by the double horizontal line through its shaft. Its triangular head distinguishes it from standard arrows, making it useful in diagrams, technical documentation, or user interfaces where a more assertive or cautionary leftward motion is implied. This character is part of a broader set of specialized arrows that encode nuanced directional or functional meanings for digital text and layout systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B7A |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Double Horizontal Stroke |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Alias | LEFTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE (correction) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⭺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⭺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAD 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B7A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B7A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b7a |
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 |