What ⮜ means
It points left. In a message, “back” or “return” depends on the surrounding words; the arrowhead itself gives direction without showing a route.
Don't confuse it with
4⮘⮝⮞⮟
Three-D Top-Lighted Leftwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “equilateral”, “leftwards”
Black Upwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Black Rightwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Black Downwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Questions people ask
1Why does ⮜ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⮜
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2B9C, then Alt+X to get ⮜.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “black leftwards equilateral arrowhead”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b9c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⮜CSS
\2B9CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮜
HTML hex
⮜
CSS content
content: "\2B9C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%9C
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.