What ⤛ means
⤛ is the leftwards double arrow-tail. Unicode classifies it as a mathematical symbol and files it in the Supplemental Arrows-B block; this site shelves it under Arrows.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⤛ is a single code point, U291B. In HTML that is ⤛, and in CSS \291B.
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.
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How to type or find ⤛
- Search it as
- leftwards double arrow-tail symbol · leftwards double arrow-tail copy paste
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⤛CSS
\291BCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⤛
HTML hex
⤛
CSS content
content: "\291B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A4%9B
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.