Wide-headed Leftwards Barb Arrow Symbol
🡨 is a wide-headed leftwards barb arrow used to show direction to the left.
U+1F868
The 🡨 symbol is an arrow character meant to indicate movement or direction toward the left. It’s useful when you want a strong, stylized arrow in UI text, diagrams, or editorial design. Below you’ll find practical uses, examples, and copy-ready options.
Wide-headed Leftwards Barb Arrow Symbol Meaning
🡨 is named the “WIDE-HEADED LEFTWARDS BARB ARROW” and is used to communicate leftward direction. Like other arrows, it can suggest moving back, navigating to the left side of a menu, or pointing toward content located left of something else. In interface writing, it’s often paired with right- or forward arrows to show navigation between steps. In diagrams and annotations, it can label flow, orientation, or emphasis where a left-pointing “barb” arrow looks clearer than simple text like “left.” Use it as a visual cue rather than a full phrase—typically in buttons, labels, headings, or short status text.
Common uses
- •Labeling leftward navigation in app buttons or menus (e.g., “Back to previous”).
- •Marking direction in diagrams, sketches, and layout plans (pointing to a left section).
- •Indicating backward movement or returning to a prior step in instructions.
- •Using in UI tooltips or captions to clarify where a cursor, focus, or panel moves.
- •Styling editorial headings or callouts to emphasize a left-pointing relationship.
Examples
🡨 Wide-Headed Leftwards Barb Arrow
- 🡨Use 🡨 to return to the left column.
- 🡨Step 2: move 🡨 to go back.
- 🡨Navigation: 🡨 Previous
- 🡨The arrow 🡨 points to the sidebar.
- 🡨Diagram note: direction is 🡨.
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1F868 | |
| HTML Entity | 🡨 | |
| HTML Code | 🡨 | |
| CSS | \1F868 |
FAQ
What does the Wide-headed Leftwards Barb Arrow symbol mean?
🡨 is named the “WIDE-HEADED LEFTWARDS BARB ARROW” and is used to communicate leftward direction. Like other arrows, it can suggest moving back, navigating to the left side of a menu, or pointing toward content located left of something else. In interface writing, it’s often paired with right- or forward arrows to show navigation between steps. In diagrams and annotations, it can label flow, orientation, or emphasis where a left-pointing “barb” arrow looks clearer than simple text like “left.” Use it as a visual cue rather than a full phrase—typically in buttons, labels, headings, or short status text.
What is the Unicode information for 🡨?
🡨 is U+1F868, with HTML entity 🡨 and CSS escape \\1F868.
How can I copy the symbol reliably?
Copy the character directly from this page (🡨). If you’re coding, you can also use the escapes: HTML 🡨 or JavaScript \\u{1F868}.
Is 🡨 the same as a regular left arrow (←)?
Not exactly. 🡨 is a specific “wide-headed leftwards barb arrow” style, so it can look different from simple arrows like ← while conveying the same leftward direction idea.
Where should I use 🡨 in UI text?
It works well for short labels—like Previous/Back, pointing to the left panel, or indicating leftward motion in steps, buttons, and tooltips.