North west arrow

↖ is the Unicode character “NORTH WEST ARROW” (U+2196). It belongs to the Arrows block and was added in Unicode 1.1. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

↖ codes

UnicodeCode point U+2196
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ↖
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ↖
CSSFor the CSS content property \2196
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u2196
PythonEscape in Python strings \u2196
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%86%96
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 86 96
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 2196

How to type ↖

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “north west arrow”.

In Microsoft Word, type 2196 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “north west arrow”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+2196. Every format is on the north west arrow page.

About ↖

Unicode name
NORTH WEST ARROW
Code point
U+2196 (8598)
Block
Arrows
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1
Styles
Text (↖︎) and emoji (↖️)