U+261C "☜" White Left Pointing Index Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+261C "☜" White Left Pointing Index is a typographic symbol depicting a simplified white hand with an extended index finger pointing to the left, commonly used in digital text to indicate direction, draw attention to preceding content, or serve as a visual cue in lists and instructions. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is often employed in informal writing, user interfaces, and signage to suggest a non-verbal prompt for the reader to look or move in the leftward direction.
General Properties
Code Point
U+261C
Name
White Left Pointing Index
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
☜
HTML Hex Encoding
☜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x98 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x261C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000261C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u261c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common