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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other