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Left arrow symbol

U+2190

The standard leftward arrow, often used for “back” or to point at the item beside it.

Official name: LEFTWARDS ARROW
Unicode block: Arrows
Added in: Unicode 1.1
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UTF-8 bytes: E2 86 90
Keywords: arrow, left, left-pointing, direction, pointer
Keyboard: Windows: hold Alt, type 27 on the number pad
Categories: Arrows

The Unicode standard defines this character, but your device’s fonts decide how it looks, so it may differ on other screens.

Data: Unicode 16.0, Emoji 16.0.