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Leftwards Arrow Symbol ←

Leftwards Arrow Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Leftwards Arrow
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+2190
CSS Code
\2190
HTML Entity
←
Hex Code
←
HTML Code
←
Latex
\leftarrow
Symbol
←

Leftwards Arrow Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x86 0x90
UTF-16
0x2190
UTF-32
0x00002190

Leftwards ArrowSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Leftwards Arrow symbol png image
Leftwards Arrow symbol svg image

Leftwards Arrow Symbol in Latex

Leftwards Arrow
1\documentclass{article} 2\begin{document} 3\leftarrow 4\end{document}

How to add leftwards arrow symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the leftwards arrow symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type leftwards arrow symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the leftwards arrow in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2190
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2190 is now transformed into ←

How to type leftwards arrow symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the leftwards arrow on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press to type leftwards arrow on your windows machine.

How to type leftwards arrow symbol on Mac OS

You can type the leftwards arrow on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Leftwards Arrow" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type leftwards arrow symbol on Linux

You can type the leftwards arrow on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2190 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type leftwards arrow symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the leftwards arrow symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use leftwards arrow in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \2190; 3 }

How to use leftwards arrow in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#8592;</span>

Leftwards Arrow symbol representation in programming languages

Leftwards Arrowsymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{2190}
Ruby
\u{2190}
Python
\u2190
PHP
\u{2190}
Perl
\x{2190}
Java
\u2190
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{2190}
JavaScript
\u2190
Go
\u2190
C#
\u2190
C and C++
\u2190
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u2190
RFC 5137
\u'2190'