What ⬷ means
To fill a missing direction in mathematical arrow notation. The Unicode standards committee approved this triple-dash arrow for encoding in 2006; that dates its standardization, not the first time the form was drawn.
Related characters
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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
- triple-dash arrow · two-headed arrow · math arrow · left arrow notation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⬷CSS
\2B37Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⬷
HTML hex
⬷
CSS content
content: "\2B37";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AC%B7
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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.