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⎆

enter symbol

Enter symbol

⎆ is the Enter symbol for a keyboard function: it labels what an Enter key does, rather than adding meaning to a message. It belongs in keyboard diagrams and technical instructions. Related return-key signs may point to overlapping functions, but they are different characters.

Text symbol

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What ⎆ means

It marks Enter as a keyboard function.

The documented trail reaches the 1994 edition of ISO/IEC 9995-7, a standard for keyboard symbols. It aimed to make keyboard functions recognizable without relying on words in one language.

That makes ⎆ a control label: it can appear in keyboard diagrams, technical instructions, or specialized keycap sets. On its own, it does not add a conversational tone.

Will I see ⎆ printed on a keyboard?

Many keyboards use a word instead.

Some specialized or regional keyboard references and keycap sets show ⎆, while many keyboards label the function Enter or Return. The function is familiar; this dedicated text character is uncommon outside key labels and technical material.

What Enter does can depend on the keyboard or app: it may submit something or insert a line break. ⎆ names the keyboard function, not one universal action.

Don't confuse it with

↵

Downwards Arrow With Corner Leftwards

This return arrow marks Return or a line break; it is a separate character from ⎆, even when their keyboard functions overlap.

Questions people ask

Does ⎆ always mean the key will submit?

No. It labels the Enter function, but the keyboard and software decide whether that key submits an action, starts a new line, or has another assigned behavior.

How to type ⎆

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 2386, 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 “enter symbol”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 2386, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⎆

CSS

\2386

Keyboard layouts

Some specialized or regional keycap references include ⎆; many key labels spell out Enter or Return.

Unicode character picker

In your operating system’s character map, search for “Enter symbol,” then insert the matching character.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⎆

HTML hex

⎆

CSS content

content: "\2386";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%8E%86

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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