Left arrow emoji ⬅️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2B05 U+FE0F
What ⬅️ means
Left arrow ⬅️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: arrow, cardinal, direction, left, west.
Those words also drive emoji search: try arrow or cardinal on your phone to find ⬅️.
On the emoji keyboard, ⬅️ sits with the arrows (21 emoji) inside symbols, which has 224 emoji, for example ↖️ ↕️ ↔️ ↩️.
Will ⬅️ show on my friend's phone?
⬅️ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ⬅️
To find ⬅️ quickly, type left arrow into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type left arrow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type left arrow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type left arrow.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ⬅️ as 2 code points, U+2B05 U+FE0F: 6 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2B05 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⬅️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⬅️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2B05 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2B05\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%AC%85%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 AC 85 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⬅️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | left arrow |
| Português | seta para a esquerda |
| Español | flecha hacia la izquierda |
| Italiano | freccia rivolta a sinistra |
| Français | flèche gauche |
| Deutsch | Pfeil nach links |
| Türkçe | sol ok |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah kiri |
| Polski | strzałka w lewo |
| Русский | стрелка влево |
| 日本語 | 左矢印 |
| 한국어 | 좌향 화살표 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the left arrow emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⬅️ "left arrow" and links it with arrow, cardinal, direction, left. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.
When was the left arrow emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the left arrow emoji?
To find ⬅️ quickly, type left arrow into the emoji search.