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Left Double Arrow HTML entity ⇐
⇐ is the HTML entity for Left Double Arrow ⇐ (U+21D0). Copy the decimal ⇐ and hex ⇐ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
⇐- Also written
⇐⇐- Code point
- U+21D0
- Unicode name
- LEFTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW
- Block
- Arrows
- Category
- Other symbol (So)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ⇐Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ⇐Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ⇐Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\21D0";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u21D0"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u21d0"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{LEFTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%87%90Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 87 903 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 21D01 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The double leftwards arrow, 'is implied by' in logic. Case matters: ⇐ and ← are different arrows.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More arrows
⇒Right Double Arrow⇎Left Right Double Arrow with Stroke⇓Downwards Double Arrow⇍Leftwards Double Arrow with Stroke⇔Left Right Double Arrow⇌Rightwards Harpoon over Leftwards Harpoon⇕Up Down Double Arrow⇋Leftwards Harpoon over Rightwards Harpoon
All arrows · Every HTML entity · Encode or decode text
Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).