Unicode Character "←" U+2190 Leftwards Arrow
Unicode Version 15.1
←
Summary
The unicode character "←" at code point U+2190 is Leftwards Arrow. It is a character in the Arrows block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "←" is 0xE2 0x86 0x90 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2190.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2190 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Leftwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Left Arrow |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Entity | ← ← ← ← ← |
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ← |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ← |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x86 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2190 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002190 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2190 |