What ⭺ means
A picture arrow pointing left or back, nothing more.
It belongs to a set of geometric arrows added to Unicode in 2014 so that fonts, diagrams and interface icons could share one code for each shape. The two bars across the shaft are a drawing variation, not a mathematical or road sign with a defined meaning. If you see an empty box instead, your font simply doesn't include it.
Why does its name say "horizontal" when the bars are vertical?
A naming slip that Unicode can't erase, only correct beside.
Unicode never changes a published character name, even a wrong one, because software relies on it. Instead it adds a formal alias: LEFTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE. The right-pointing got the same fix. The up and down arrows of the set are named correctly, since on a vertical shaft the crossing bars really are horizontal.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Questions people ask
2Why do I see a box instead of the arrow?
Your font lacks it. ⭺ is a rare symbol, so many phone and web fonts don't draw it; a symbol-rich font fixes that.
Is it an emoji?
No. It is a plain text symbol drawn in the colour of the surrounding text.
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How to type or find ⭺
- Also called
- leftwards triangle-headed arrow with double vertical stroke
- Search it as
- left arrow with two bars · double stroke arrow · triangle-headed left arrow · arrow with vertical lines · U+2B7A
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⭺\2B7ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.