Up-left arrow emoji ↖️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2196 U+FE0F
What ↖️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Up-left arrow ↖️ is tagged with these keywords: arrow, direction, intercardinal, northwest, up-left.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing arrow or direction in the emoji search brings up ↖️.
Up-left arrow ↖️ is one of 21 emoji in the arrows subgroup of symbols (224 emoji), next to ↕️ ↔️ ↩️ ↪️.
Will ↖️ show on my friend's phone?
↖️ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ↖️
Any emoji picker finds ↖️ when you search for up-left arrow.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type up-left arrow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type up-left arrow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type up-left arrow.
Codes for developers
Up-left arrow ↖️ is written with 2 code points: U+2196 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 6 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2196 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ↖️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ↖️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2196 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2196\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%86%96%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 96 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 | up-left arrow |
| Português | seta para cima e para a esquerda |
| Español | flecha hacia la esquina superior izquierda |
| Italiano | freccia in alto a sinistra |
| Français | flèche haut gauche |
| Deutsch | Pfeil nach links oben |
| Türkçe | sol yukarı ok |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah kiri atas |
| Polski | strzałka w górę w lewo |
| Русский | стрелка влево-вверх |
| 日本語 | 左上矢印 |
| 한국어 | 왼쪽 위 화살표 |
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What does the up-left arrow emoji mean?
Unicode calls ↖️ "up-left arrow" and links it with arrow, direction, intercardinal, northwest. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.
When was the up-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 up-left arrow emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ↖️ when you search for up-left arrow.