⬅️ Left Arrow
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Emoji Meaning
1
A blue circular icon with a white arrow pointing due west, commonly used to indicate direction.
2
A blue icon featuring a white arrow pointing left. In the context of maps and navigation, it can be used to indicate a westward direction.
In a message, this emoji is great for drawing attention to an important detail that requires special care. If someone asks for directions, use it to indicate a left turn.
Also Known As
- ⬅️ Arrow Pointing Left
- ⬅️ Left Arrow
Apple Name
- ⬅️ Left Arrow
Unicode Name
- ⬅️ Leftwards Black Arrow
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
⬅️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+2B05 U+FE0F
Shortcodes
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For developers
| URL escape code | %E2%AC%85%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--94i |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | E2 AC 85 EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \u2B05\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \u2B05\uFE0F |
| CSS | \2B05 \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{2B05}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{2B05}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | ⬅️ |
| HTML dec | ⬅️ |