"←" U+2190 Leftwards Arrow

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+2190, displayed as ← and named "Leftwards Arrow" is located in the Arrows block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Leftwards Arrow
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Arrows
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

←

&leftarrow;

&LeftArrow;

&slarr;

&ShortLeftArrow;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

←

HTML Entity - Hex:

←

Unicode:

U+2190;

Decimal:

8592

CSS:

\002190

Javascript:

\u2190

Perl:

\x{2190}

Ruby:

\u{2190}

Python:

u'\u2190'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E28690

UTF-16 Encoding:

2190

UTF-32 Encoding:

00002190

Other Characters Based on - ← (U+2190)

Image	Browser	Unicode	Name
	↚	U+219A	Leftwards Arrow With Stroke
	￩	U+FFE9	Halfwidth Leftwards Arrow