⮐ Return Left — fsymbols

What ⮐ means

Three return and new-line marks share its keyboard-symbol group.

The other three are RETURN RIGHT, NEWLINE LEFT, and NEWLINE RIGHT. Together they pair return and newline symbols with both arrow directions. A 2011 Unicode working chart gave ⮐ the label w-3064 and recorded its earlier proposed position as 2B97.

Part of collections

Don't confuse it with

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⏎

Return Symbol

Unicode cross-references ⏎ RETURN SYMBOL to this mark. Both denote a keyboard Return action, but ⏎ is the corner-shaped sign while ⮐ is the arrow that bends back left.

↵

Downwards Arrow With Corner Leftwards

↵ is the common Enter-key arrow with a plain head; ⮐ is a separate, triangle-headed return mark.

↩

Right Arrow Curving Left

↩ is a hooked arrow that often shows as the ↩️ emoji, meaning reply or back; ⮐ means Return.

Related characters

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⮑

Return Right

Unicode groups this RETURN RIGHT mark with ⮐; it is the right-turning counterpart in the keyboard-symbol set.

⮒

Newline Left

Unicode groups this NEWLINE LEFT mark with ⮐; its name distinguishes a new-line action from Return.

⮓

Newline Right

Unicode groups this NEWLINE RIGHT mark with ⮐; it pairs the new-line label with the opposite arrow direction.

Combination ideas

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Press Enter to confirm.

Type the command, then press Enter.

Press Return to send the message.

Questions people ask

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Why 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.