SYMBOL
🢦 Leftwards Right-Shaded White Arrow
Unicode information
Leftwards Right-Shaded White ArrowLEFTWARDS RIGHT-SHADED WHITE ARROWU+1F8A6🢦🢦\1f8a6\u{1F8A6}Arrows17.0Meaning of 🢦 Leftwards Right-Shaded White Arrow
The 🢦 character is listed as Leftwards Right-Shaded White Arrow in SymbolDex. Its technical Unicode name is LEFTWARDS RIGHT-SHADED WHITE ARROW. It belongs to the arrow-symbol family and usually expresses direction, relationships, movement or progression.
Common uses
- Direction and navigation.
- Diagrams, processes and relationships.
- Visual separators and cues in text.
How to type 🢦 on Windows, Mac and mobile
Windows
The universal method is to use Copy on this page and paste 🢦. On Windows 10/11 you can press Win + . and browse the Symbols section, or open Character Map (charmap) to locate characters supported by your fonts.
Mac
Press Control + Command + Space to open Character Viewer, search for Leftwards Right-Shaded White Arrow, then double-click it to insert the character.
Microsoft Word
Type 1F8A6 without U+, then immediately press Alt + X. Word converts the code into 🢦. You can also use Insert → Symbol.
Google Docs
Open Insert → Special characters and search by name, or paste 🢦 directly. For emoji, you can also use your operating system emoji picker.
iPhone / iPad
iOS does not provide a direct Unicode-code entry method for every symbol. Copy 🢦 from SymbolDex or check long-press variants on related keys. For frequent use, create a shortcut under Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement.
Android
Availability varies by Android keyboard. In Gboard, browse the symbols panel and long-press related keys for variants. If it is not available, copy 🢦 from SymbolDex and paste it where needed.
Linux
In many Linux apps using GTK/IBus, press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1f8a6, then confirm with Enter or Space. If your app does not support this method, copy and paste 🢦.
Web and programming codes
Copy the representation you need for HTML, CSS, JavaScript or Python. For emoji sequences, SymbolDex includes every code point in the correct order.
🢦🢦\1f8a6\u{1F8A6}\U0001F8A6🢦Usage examples
🢦 — Leftwards Right-Shaded White ArrowUnicode: U+1F8A6HTML: 🢦