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leftwards arrow with vertical stroke

Leftwards Arrow with Vertical Stroke

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⇷ is a mathematical arrow: a left-pointing arrow whose shaft is crossed by a short vertical stroke. In formal notation that stroke marks a partial mapping, one where some inputs have no result; ⇷ is the mirror of the partial-function arrow . You'll meet it in technical texts, not in chat.

Text symbol

What ⇷ means

It marks the arrow as a partial or restricted mapping.

In mathematics and computer science an arrow often stands for a function: it takes each input to an output. A short vertical stroke across the shaft is the established way to say the function is partial, so some inputs have no output at all. Unicode records this reading for the right-pointing twin , the partial-function sign of Z notation (a formal language for specifying software precisely).

⇷ is that same arrow mirrored, for writers who draw a mapping from right to left, for example in a diagram where arrows run both ways. Unicode gives ⇷ no note of its own, so a careful text says once what it means by it. Math fonts and broad symbol fonts include it; a font without it shows a box instead.

Technical and neutral: a notation sign, not a mood or a reaction.

Part of the collection

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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Matching left and right stroked arrows
Left, two-way and right arrows with a stroke
A decorative back marker

Questions people ask

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Does ⇷ mean 'not' like ?

No. A diagonal stroke negates an arrow; ⇷'s vertical stroke marks a partial mapping instead, where some inputs have no result.

Is ⇷ an emoji?

No. It is a plain text symbol drawn by your font, so it has no colour picture and can appear as a box when the font lacks it.

How to type or find ⇷

Search it as
⇷ · left arrow vertical stroke · arrow with vertical line · partial function arrow · U+21F7 · struck arrow
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 21F7, then AltX 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 “leftwards arrow with vertical stroke”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 21f7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⇷
CSS
\21F7
Windows (Word)
Type 21F7, then press AltX.
Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 21F7.
Linux
Press CtrlShiftU, type 21f7, press Enter.
HTML
Write ⇷
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⇷
HTML hex
⇷
CSS content
content: "\21F7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%87%B7
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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.

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