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Left Arrow
2B05 FE0F · U+2B05 U+FE0F · ⬅️
What it means
The Left Arrow emoji ⬅️ is used around ideas like arrow, cardinal, direction, left and west.
Emoji render in the viewer’s own font, so the exact drawing differs between Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft — the sense above is what stays constant.
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Keywords
Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.
Details
| Hexa | 2B05 FE0F |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+2B05 U+FE0F |
| HTML (hex) | ⬅️ |
| HTML (decimal) | ⬅️ |
| CLDR short name | left arrow |
| Emoji version | Emoji 0.6 · 2010 → |
| Qualification | fully-qualified |
| Category | Symbols |
| Subcategory | arrow |
Timeline
- Emoji 0.6 · 2010Left Arrow entered the standard as U+2B05 U+FE0F, establishing the codepoint still used today.
- TodayRendered across major platforms. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each draw it in their own style while preserving the same underlying character.
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