What ⇂ means
Its mathematical role comes from the notation in use. The shape identifies a downward harpoon; the author’s system supplies the relation.
MathML, a web format for math, lists it as dharr, with downharpoonright and RightDownVector as aliases. That table was revised in 1999.
Technical and niche; its role is set by the notation in use.
Across fonts, the barb can be tiny; check which way it faces.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
2
Combination ideas
3Down harpoons, barbs right and left
Barb on the right, pointing up then down
Up and down harpoons with barbs on opposite sides
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.
More like this
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↓Downwards Arrow
⬇️Down Arrow
↑Upwards Arrow
↕️Up-Down Arrow
⇀Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Upwards
⇁Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards
⇃Downwards Harpoon With Barb Leftwards
↽Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards
↾Upwards Harpoon With Barb Rightwards
↼Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Upwards
⟰Upwards Quadruple Arrow
⟱Downwards Quadruple ArrowCollections with ⇂
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How to type or find ⇂
- Also called
- dharr · downharpoonright · RightDownVector
- Search it as
- down harpoon · LaTeX harpoon
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⇂CSS
\21C2LaTeX
Use
\downharpoonright in math mode.HTML
Use
⇂ or decimal ⇂.Unicode input
Enter
21C2 through your editor’s hexadecimal Unicode input, or use its character picker.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⇂
HTML hex
⇂
CSS content
content: "\21C2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%87%82
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.