What 🠈 means
It points left; the broad triangle makes its head stand out.
A 2011 Unicode proposal for Wingdings and Webdings symbols records this style as w-3161 and, in PostScript naming, a4. Unicode's guidance places Supplemental Arrows-C among repertoires that support older computing character sets and the Smalltalk programming language, an early language for writing software.
Those font and compatibility links explain its typographic feel: in a sentence, diagram, or interface, it marks leftward direction. Context decides whether left is a destination, an earlier step, or cursor movement.
How do you type 🠈?
In Word, use hexadecimal Alt+X input; in code, use the escape for that language.
In Microsoft Word, type 1F808 and press Alt+X; if the code follows other hexadecimal text, select only 1F808 first. Use a font that includes the glyph.
For HTML, use 🠈; JavaScript uses \u{1F808} in a Unicode-aware string, and Python uses \U0001F808. If the character renders as a square, the font used by the app probably lacks it.
Technical and typographic: its broad triangular head gives leftward direction extra visual weight.
Don't assume it means “go back”; it gives direction, while an interface defines the action.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
2Is 🠈 an emoji?
No. It is a text character; its appearance comes from the selected font.
Why does 🠈 show as a box?
The app's font may be missing a glyph for it. Noto Sans Symbols2 documentation lists Supplemental Arrows-C among its supported blocks as of 2026.
How to type 🠈
🠈\1F808Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.