What ⭪ means
⭪ is the leftwards triangle-headed dashed arrow. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⭪ is a single code point, U2B6A. In HTML that is ⭪, and in CSS \2B6A.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Heading back home.
Swipe either way.
Quietly sneaking away.
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
- left dashed arrow · dashed arrow symbol · left arrow symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⭪CSS
\2B6ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭪
HTML hex
⭪
CSS content
content: "\2B6A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%AA
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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.