Left-right arrow emoji ↔️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2194 U+FE0F
What ↔️ means
Left-right arrow ↔️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: arrow, left-right.
Those words also drive emoji search: try arrow or left-right 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-right arrow into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type left-right arrow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type left-right arrow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type left-right arrow.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ↔️ as 2 code points, U+2194 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+2194 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ↔️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ↔️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2194 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2194\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%86%94%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 94 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-right arrow |
| Português | seta para esquerda e direita |
| Español | flecha izquierda y derecha |
| Italiano | freccia sinistra-destra |
| Français | flèche gauche droite |
| Deutsch | Pfeil nach links und rechts |
| Türkçe | sol ve sağ ok |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah kiri kanan |
| Polski | strzałka w lewo i w prawo |
| Русский | стрелка влево-вправо |
| 日本語 | 左右矢印 |
| 한국어 | 좌우 방향 화살표 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the left-right arrow emoji mean?
Unicode calls ↔️ "left-right arrow" and links it with arrow, left-right. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.
When was the left-right 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-right arrow emoji?
To find ↔️ quickly, type left-right arrow into the emoji search.