What ⤣ means
“Northwest” describes the direction on the page, as on a map with north at the top. The hook is a curved part of the arrow, not a second arrowhead. Together, they form one character.
When reproducing mathematical text, keep the hooked form: replacing it with a plain arrow can erase a distinction the writer intended. The shape alone does not specify a particular mathematical operation.
Part of collections
Related characters
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Worth knowing
- In MathML, a format for representing mathematics, this arrow has the named reference nwarhk in the ISOAMSA symbol set, alongside its three diagonal counterparts.
Questions people ask
1Why do I see a box instead of the arrow?
Your font may lack this character. Try a font that supports mathematical symbols; the underlying character can remain intact even when its shape is missing.
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How to type or find ⤣
- Search it as
- hooked diagonal arrow · up left hook arrow · nwarhk · up left arrow · curved diagonal arrow · fish hook · bent arrow · arrow with curved tail
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⤣\2923Why is ⤣ a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.