How do I type the ⯬ leftwards two-headed arrow with triangle arrowheads symbol?

On Windows, type 2BEC and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2bec. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ⯬?

Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads is U+2BEC. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

What kind of character is ⯬?

Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and was introduced in Unicode 8.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.

U+2BEC · Other symbol

Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads Symbol ⯬

⯬ is leftwards two-headed arrow with triangle arrowheads, U+2BEC. Unicode also records it as “fast cursor left”. It was added in Unicode 8.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Also known as

fast cursor left

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2BEC`
HTML hex	`⯬`
HTML decimal	`⯬`
CSS	`\2BEC`
JavaScript	`\u{2BEC}`
Python	`\U00002BEC`
Java / C#	`\u2BEC`
Rust	`\u{2bec}`
Swift	`\u{2BEC}`
PHP	`\u{2BEC}`
URL encoded	`%E2%AF%AC`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 AF AC`
UTF-16 bytes	`2BEC`
Base64	`4q+s`
Decimal	`11244`
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 8.0

Will ⯬ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. Yes. ⯬ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
Legacy encodings. ⯬ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Unicode cross-references

The standard points readers of ⯬ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.

↞U+219Eleftwards two headed arrow

Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows

A mixed block of arrows, stars, and geometric shapes in weights and colours the earlier blocks did not cover, plus a set of astronomical symbols.

All 254 characters in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows →

How to type ⯬

Windows	Type `2BEC` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “leftwards two-headed arrow with triangle arrowheads”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2bec`, press `Enter`
HTML	`⯬`

About Unicode’s Other symbol category

Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ⯬ leftwards two-headed arrow with triangle arrowheads symbol?: On Windows, type 2BEC and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2bec. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⯬?: Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads is U+2BEC. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is ⯬?: Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and was introduced in Unicode 8.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.