Leftwards Left-shaded White Arrow Symbol
🢤 is a left-pointing, left-shaded white arrow used to indicate movement or direction to the left.
U+1F8A4
The 🢤 symbol is a leftwards arrow with a shaded white style. It’s useful when you want a clear visual cue pointing to the left. You can copy it directly or use its code points in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Leftwards Left-shaded White Arrow Symbol Meaning
🢤 (LEFTWARDS LEFT-SHADED WHITE ARROW, U+1F8A4) is commonly used to represent direction toward the left. Because it’s an arrow glyph, it’s often used as a compact UI hint (for example, “go back”, “previous”, or “left”). The “left-shaded white” styling makes it stand out against darker backgrounds and can fit well in interface labels, icons, and educational diagrams. In text content, it can also function as a visual separator or emphasis mark for leftward steps in instructions.
Common uses
- •Labeling a “previous/left” action in app or website navigation
- •Showing leftward steps in instructions (e.g., “move left”, “turn left”)
- •Annotating flow diagrams or process charts with a left-moving arrow
- •Enhancing accessibility-friendly directional cues in UI text
- •Decorating menus, control panels, or game HUD prompts for left controls
Examples
🢤 Leftwards Left-Shaded White Arrow
- 🢤Press 🢤 to go to the previous page.
- 🢤Step 1: Move 🢤, then continue forward.
- 🢤Use the 🢤 arrow to select the left option.
- 🢤The data stream flows 🢤 into the next stage.
- 🢤Choose 🢤 to return to the last screen.
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1F8A4 | |
| HTML Entity | 🢤 | |
| HTML Code | 🢤 | |
| CSS | \1F8A4 | |
| Decimal | 129188 |
How to type Leftwards Left-shaded White Arrow Symbol (🢤)
On Windows
In Word, type 1F8A4 then press Alt + X. Or open the emoji picker with Windows key + period.
On Mac
Press Control + Command + Space to open Character Viewer and search for the character.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 1f8a4, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy 🢤 with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Leftwards Left-shaded White Arrow symbol mean?
🢤 (LEFTWARDS LEFT-SHADED WHITE ARROW, U+1F8A4) is commonly used to represent direction toward the left. Because it’s an arrow glyph, it’s often used as a compact UI hint (for example, “go back”, “previous”, or “left”). The “left-shaded white” styling makes it stand out against darker backgrounds and can fit well in interface labels, icons, and educational diagrams. In text content, it can also function as a visual separator or emphasis mark for leftward steps in instructions.
What direction does 🢤 indicate?
🢤 indicates movement or direction to the left.
How can I copy the symbol into HTML?
Use the entity code: 🢤.
What is the Unicode code point for 🢤?
The Unicode code point is U+1F8A4.
Will this symbol work everywhere?
It depends on font and platform support for U+1F8A4, but it is designed to render as a left-shaded white arrow where supported.