⏎ Return Symbol

What ⏎ means

It marks Return: start a new line or confirm an entry.

The name comes from typewriters: the carriage, which held the paper, moved back to the margin as the paper advanced. ⏎ is the visible cue for that action, not the invisible control character some text systems use to represent a carriage return.

Why can Return behave like Enter?

The focused field decides what the key does.

In an editor, it can start a new line; in a dialog or command box, it can submit the entry instead. Some keyboards label the key Return and others Enter. The glyph marks the key or action; it is not inserted as the carriage-return control character.

Don't confuse it with

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↵

Downwards Arrow With Corner Leftwards

↵ is a different arrow often used to mark a line return. It can signal a similar action, but has a different form and encoding.

Related characters

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⎆

Enter Symbol

⎆ is the Enter Symbol, a visible cue for the Enter action. Like ⏎, it can mark a keyboard action, but it names Enter rather than Return.

␍

Symbol For Carriage Return

␍ is the printable sign for the carriage-return control character. It represents the text-control function itself, while ⏎ marks the Return action or key.

Questions people ask

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Why does ⏎ look different in different fonts?

It can be drawn hollow or filled. The Unicode chart shows both forms, and fonts can also vary its stroke and corners; those differences alone do not mean it is a different character.

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How to type ⏎

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 23CE, then Alt+X to get ⏎.

Windows

Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).

macOS

Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “return symbol”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 23ce, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⏎

CSS

\23CE

How do I type ⏎?

Use your operating system’s character picker and search for “Return Symbol”.

HTML

Write the numeric reference `⏎` in HTML, or use ⏎ directly in a UTF-8 source file.

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Return Symbol