| Symbol Name | Leftwards Open-headed Arrow |
| Unicode Version | 3.2 |
| Unicode | U+21FD |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| CSS Code | \21FD |
| Hex Code | 0x21FD |
| HTML Code | ⇽ |
| LaTeX | \text{LEFTWARDSOPEN-HEADEDARROW} |
| Symbol | ⇽ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%87%BD |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Leftwards Open-headed Arrow |
| UTF-8 | E2 87 BD |
| UTF-16 | 21FD |
| UTF-32 | 000021FD |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LEFTWARDSOPEN-HEADEDARROW}4\end{document}You can type the leftwards open-headed arrow symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 8701 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "leftwards open-headed arrow", or use Unicode Hex Input with 21FD.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 21fd, 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-open-headed-arrow::before { content: "\21FD"; }1<span>⇽</span>Leftwards Open-headed Arrow symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u21FD' or String.fromCodePoint(8701) |
| Python | '\N{LEFTWARDS OPEN-HEADED ARROW}' or chr(8701) |
| Rust | '\u{21FD}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+21FD |
| Go | string(rune(0x21FD)) |
| Ruby | "\u{21FD}" |