White left pointing index

☜ is the Unicode character “WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX” (U+261C). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

☜ codes

UnicodeCode point U+261C
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ☜
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ☜
CSSFor the CSS content property \261C
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u261C
PythonEscape in Python strings \u261C
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%98%9C
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 98 9C
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 261C

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 “white left pointing index”.

In Microsoft Word, type 261C and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “white left pointing index”.

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+261C. Every format is on the white left pointing index page.

About ☜

Unicode name
WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX
Code point
U+261C (9756)
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1