What ↽ means
It marks a leftward harpoon relation in mathematical notation. LaTeX treats it as a relation symbol; the mark alone does not define one universal relationship, so read it according to the notation for that formula.
As a text character, ↽ is drawn by the active font, so its proportions can vary. Its leftward shaft and downward barb identify the form.
Technical mathematical notation; its role depends on the notation used in the formula.
Keep the barb: is a plain left arrow, not this harpoon.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Questions 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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←Leftwards Arrow
⬅️Left Arrow
→Rightwards Arrow
↔️Left-Right Arrow
↻Clockwise Open Circle Arrow
↼Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Upwards
↾Upwards Harpoon With Barb Rightwards
⇃Downwards Harpoon With Barb Leftwards
⇁Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards
⇂Downwards Harpoon With Barb Rightwards
⟰Upwards Quadruple Arrow
⟱Downwards Quadruple ArrowHow to type or find ↽
- Search it as
- left harpoon · left harpoon down · leftharpoondown · harpoon relation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
↽\21BD\leftharpoondown.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.