| Symbol Name | Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke |
| Unicode Version | 3.2 |
| Unicode | U+21FA |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| CSS Code |
| UTF-8 | E2 87 BA |
| UTF-16 | 21FA |
| UTF-32 | 000021FA |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LEFTWARDSARROWWITHDOUBLEVERTICALSTROKE}4\end{document}You can type the leftwards arrow with double vertical stroke symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 8698 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "leftwards arrow with double vertical stroke", or use Unicode Hex Input with 21FA.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 21fa, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with arrow symbol support.
1span.leftwards-arrow-with-double-vertical-stroke::before { content: "\21FA"; }1<span>⇺</span>Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u21FA' or String.fromCodePoint(8698) |
| Python | '\N{LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE}' or chr(8698) |
| Rust | '\u{21FA}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+21FA |
| Go | string(rune(0x21FA)) |
| Ruby | "\u{21FA}" |
\21FA |
| Hex Code | 0x21FA |
| HTML Code | ⇺ |
| LaTeX | \text{LEFTWARDSARROWWITHDOUBLEVERTICALSTROKE} |
| Symbol | ⇺ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%87%BA |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke |