What ⭰ means
It marks a tab operation directed to the left.
A Unicode proposal for keyboard symbols describes this family as notation for physical keyboards, on-screen keyboards, and plain-text instructions.
Why does ⭰ look different?
Its outline depends on the font displaying it.
Fonts can draw the triangle and bar with different proportions.
Technical and diagrammatic; it reads as keyboard notation.
Without a keyboard or instruction context, its intended action may be unclear.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
2
Combination ideas
3ShiftTab: jump back to the previous field.
Go to the start of the line.
Left tab and right tab.
Questions people ask
1Why can ⭰ show as a box?
A font that lacks ⭰ may substitute a missing-character box. A font that supports the character can display its glyph.
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How to type or find ⭰
- Also called
- left tab
- Search it as
- keyboard arrow · arrow to bar · tab action
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⭰CSS
\2B70Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭰
HTML hex
⭰
CSS content
content: "\2B70";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%B0
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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.