U+29AB · Math symbol
HTML entity
⦫
LaTeX
\measangleldtosw
Measured Angle With Open Arm Ending In Arrow Pointing Down And Left Symbol ⦫
⦫ is measured angle with open arm ending in arrow pointing down and left, U+29AB — \measangleldtosw in LaTeX. It was added in Unicode 3.2, and Unicode files it under Math symbol.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+29AB | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⦫ | |
| HTML decimal | ⦫ | |
| CSS | \29AB | |
| JavaScript | \u{29AB} | |
| Python | \U000029AB | |
| Java / C# | \u29AB | |
| Rust | \u{29ab} | |
| Swift | \u{29AB} | |
| PHP | \u{29AB} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%A6%AB | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 A6 AB | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 29AB | |
| Base64 | 4qar | |
| Decimal | 10667 | |
| HTML entity | ⦫ | |
| LaTeX | \measangleldtosw | |
| Category | Math symbol (Sm) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 3.2 | |
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.
Other pointing characters
Unicode names 8 characters ending in “pointing”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Brackets, fences and operators for advanced notation — the ceiling and floor variants, angle brackets and the many circled and squared operators.
All 128 characters in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B →
How to type ⦫
| Windows | Type 29AB then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “measured angle with open arm ending in arrow pointing down and left” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 29ab, press Enter |
| HTML | ⦫ |
About Unicode’s Math symbol category
Unicode classifies this as a mathematical symbol, which means software that lays out formulas treats it as an operator or relation and gives it spacing accordingly, rather than setting it tight against its neighbours like a letter.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⦫ measured angle with open arm ending in arrow pointing down and left symbol?
- On Windows, type 29AB and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 29ab. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⦫?
- Measured Angle With Open Arm Ending In Arrow Pointing Down And Left is U+29AB, written in HTML as ⦫ and in LaTeX as \measangleldtosw. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⦫?
- Measured Angle With Open Arm Ending In Arrow Pointing Down And Left is filed under Math symbol in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.2. Unicode classifies this as a mathematical symbol, which means software that lays out formulas treats it as an operator or relation and gives it spacing accordingly, rather than setting it tight against its neighbours like a letter.