⬅️U+2B05 U+FE0F
Left arrow emoji
An arrow pointing left, the cardinal direction west. It stands for going back or to the previous item, and people use it to point at something on the left, show a direction, or chain together steps in a sequence.
- Unicode name
- left arrow
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+2B05 U+FE0F
- Shortcode
:arrow_left:- Keywords
- arrow, cardinal, direction, left, west
How it looks
How to type ⬅️
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “left arrow”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “left arrow”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “left arrow”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “left arrow”.
- GitHub
- Type :arrow_left: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | flecha hacia la izquierda | flecha, flecha hacia la izquierda, izquierda, oeste |
| Français | flèche gauche | direction, flèche, flèche gauche, ouest, sens |
| Deutsch | Pfeil nach links | Linkspfeil, nach links, Pfeil, Pfeil nach links, Westen |
| Italiano | freccia rivolta a sinistra | direzione, freccia, freccia a sinistra, freccia rivolta a sinistra, ovest, punto cardinale, sinistra |
| Português | seta para a esquerda | atrás, direção, esquerda, flecha, oeste, seta, voltar |
| Nederlands | pijl naar links | links, pijl, richting, west, windrichting |
| Svenska | vänsterpil | pil, riktning, väderstreck, vänsterpil, väster |
| Polski | strzałka w lewo | kierunek, strzałka, strzałka w lewo, zachód |
| Türkçe | sol ok | ana yön, batı, ok, sol ok, yön |
| Русский | стрелка влево | влево, запад, направление, стрелка |
| Українська | стрілка вліво | західний, напрям, сторона, стрілка вліво, стрілка ліворуч |
| Ελληνικά | αριστερό βέλος | απόλυτη, αριστερό βέλος, βέλος, δυτικά, κατεύθυνση |
| العربية | سهم لليسار | اتجاه, سهم, سهم لليسار, غرب, كاردينال |
| עברית | חץ שמאלה | חץ, כיוון, מערב, שמאלה |
| فارسی | پیکان چپ | پیکان, پیکان چپ, جهت اصلی, غرب, مسیر |
| हिन्दी | बायाँ तीर | कार्डिनल, तीर, दिशा, पश्चिम, बायाँ तीर, बायां तीर |
| বাংলা | বাম তীর | তীর, দিক, দিকনির্দেশ, পরিমাণবাচক, পশ্চিম, বাঁঁদিকের তীর, বাম তীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah kiri | arah, barat, kardinal, kiri, panah |
| Tiếng Việt | mũi tên trái | chiều hướng, chính, hướng tây, mũi tên, mũi tên trái, tây |
| ไทย | ลูกศรชี้ไปทางซ้าย | ตะวันตก, ทิศทาง, ลูกศร, ลูกศรชี้ไปทางซ้าย |
| 日本語 | 左矢印 | 左, 左矢印, 矢印, 西 |
| 한국어 | 좌향 화살표 | 길찾기, 서쪽, 왼쪽 화살표, 좌향 화살표, 화살표 |
| 中文（简体） | 向左箭头 | 向左箭头, 左, 方向, 标识, 箭头, 西 |
| 中文（繁體） | 向左箭頭 | 向左箭頭, 方向, 西方 |
Names in 98 more languages
| Afrikaans | pyl na links |
|---|---|
| Akan | benkum akyerԑkyerԑkwan |
| Albanian | shigjeta majtas |
| Amharic | ወደ ግራ ጠቋሚ ቀስት |
| Armenian | ձախ սլաք |
| Assamese | বাওঁমুখী কাঁড় |
| Azerbaijani | sola ox |
| Bashkir | һулға уҡ |
| Basque | ezkerrera gezia |
| Belarusian | стрэлка ўлева |
| Bosnian | strelica nalijevo |
| Bulgarian | стрелка наляво |
| Burmese | ဘယ်ညွှန်မြား |
| Canadian French | flèche pointant vers la gauche |
| Cantonese | 向左箭咀 |
| Catalan | fletxa cap a l’esquerra |
| Cherokee | ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎦᏝᏗ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 左箭嘴 |
| Chuvash | хулӑн стрелка сулахаялла |
| Croatian | strelica prema lijevo |
| Czech | šipka doleva |
| Danish | pil mod venstre |
| Estonian | nool vasakule |
| Faroese | pílur sum peikar til vinstru |
| Filipino | pakaliwang arrow |
| Finnish | nuoli vasemmalle |
| Galician | frecha cara á esquerda |
| Georgian | ისარი მარცხნივ |
| Gujarati | ડાબું તીર |
| Hausa | kibiya hagu |
| Hungarian | balra mutató nyíl |
| Icelandic | ör til vinstri |
| Igbo | ube akaekpe |
| Irish | saighead ar chlé |
| Javanese | panah ngiwa |
| Kalaallisut | pil mod venstre |
| Kannada | ಎಡಭಾಗದ ಬಾಣ |
| Kazakh | сол жақ бағытты көрсеткі |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | سول جاق باعىتتى كورسەتكى |
| Khmer | ព្រួញទៅឆ្វេង |
| Kinyarwanda | akambi k’ibumoso |
| Konkani | दावो बाण |
| Kyrgyz | сол жакты караган жебе |
| Kʼicheʼ | moxq’ab’ chab’ |
| Lao | ລູກສອນຊ້າຍ |
| Latvian | kreisā bultiņa |
| Lithuanian | rodyklė į kairę |
| Lower Sorbian | šypa nalěwo |
| Luxembourgish | Feil no lénks |
| Macedonian | стрелка налево |
| Malay | anak panah ke kiri |
| Malayalam | ഇടത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന അമ്പടയാളം |
| Maltese | vleġġa xellugija |
| Marathi | डावा बाण |
| Mongolian | зүүн сум |
| Māori | pere mauī |
| Nepali | बायाँतर्फको तीर |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Áro De Pọínt Lẹft |
| Northern Sotho | lerungwana la ka go le letshadi |
| Norwegian | pil venstre |
| Odia | ବାମ ତୀର |
| Oromo | xiyya bitaa |
| Pashto | چپ غشی |
| Punjabi | ਖੱਬੇ ਤੀਰ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | کھبا تیر |
| Quechua | lluqi wachi |
| Romanian | săgeată orientată în stânga |
| Romansh | frizza a sanestra |
| Sardinian | fritza cara a manca |
| Scottish Gaelic | saighead dhan taobh chlì |
| Serbian | стрелица налево |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | стрелица налијево |
| Serbian (Latin) | strelica nalevo |
| Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | strelica nalijevo |
| Shan | ပိုၼ်သၢႆႉ |
| Sindhi | کاٻي طرف تير |
| Sinhala | වම් ඊතලය |
| Slovak | šípka doľava |
| Slovenian | puščica levo |
| Somali | fallarta bidix |
| Swahili | mshale unaoelekeza kushoto |
| Tajik | тири чап |
| Tamil | இடது நோக்கிய அம்புக்குறி |
| Telugu | ఎడమ బాణం |
| Tigrinya | ምልክት ናብ-ጸጋም |
| Tongan | ngahau ki toʻohema |
| Tswana | motsu wa molema |
| Turkmen | çepe ok |
| Upper Sorbian | kłok dolěwa |
| Urdu | بائیں تیر |
| Uyghur | سول كۆرسەتكۈچ |
| Uzbek | chapga strelka |
| Welsh | saeth i’r chwith |
| Wolof | fettu càmmoñ |
| Xhosa | utolo olusekhohlo |
| Yoruba | àmì ìtó̩sọ́nà o̩lọ́fà apá òsì |
| Yoruba (Benin) | àmì ìtó̩sɔ́nà o̩lɔ́fà apá òsì |
| Zulu | inkombasinxele |
Codes
- Code points
U+2B05 U+FE0F- HTML
⬅️- CSS
\2B05\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2B05}\u{FE0F}- Python
\u2B05\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
E2 AC 85 EF B8 8F- UTF-16
2B05 FE0F- URL encoded
%E2%AC%85%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does the ⬅️ left arrow emoji mean?
An arrow pointing left, the cardinal direction west. It stands for going back or to the previous item, and people use it to point at something on the left, show a direction, or chain together steps in a sequence.
How do I type the ⬅️ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “left arrow”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :arrow_left:.
When was the ⬅️ emoji added?
⬅️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for ⬅️?
U+2B05 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⬅️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2B05}\u{FE0F}.
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- ➡️Right arrow
- ↘️Down-right arrow
- ⬇️Down arrow
- ↙️Down-left arrow
- ↖️Up-left arrow
- ↕️Up-down arrow
- ↔️Left-right arrow
- ↩️Right arrow curving left
- ↪️Left arrow curving right
- ⤴️Right arrow curving up
- ⤵️Right arrow curving down
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