What ⇙ means
Only the line style changes; both arrows point southwest. is the corresponding single-line arrow.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Down-Left Arrow
The single-line southwest arrow points in the same direction; ⇙ is its double-line counterpart.
North East Double Arrow
Its opposite: the north east double arrow points exactly the other way along the same diagonal.
North West Double Arrow
The north west member of the same four-way diagonal double-arrow set.
South East Double Arrow
The south east member of the same four-way diagonal double-arrow set.
Combination ideas
3All four diagonal double arrows, one per corner
Back and forth along one diagonal
Attachment is below, on the left
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
- ⇙ · southwest double arrow · southwest arrow · down-left arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⇙CSS
\21D9Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⇙
HTML hex
⇙
CSS content
content: "\21D9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%87%99
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.