# ↖️ Up-left arrow emoji

↖️ Up-left arrow is an emoji in the arrows set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: direction, intercardinal, northwest and up-left.

- Emoji: ↖️
- Unicode name: up-left arrow
- Code points: U+2196 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Arrows
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :arrow_upper_left:
- Keywords: arrow, direction, intercardinal, northwest, up-left
- Page: https://emojichart.com/up-left-arrow-emoji

## What it means

A diagonal arrow pointing toward the upper left, or northwest. People use it to direct attention to something above and to the left, such as a name, an image or a menu, and to show direction on maps and diagrams.

## How to type ↖️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “up-left arrow”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “up-left arrow”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “up-left arrow”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “up-left arrow”.
- GitHub: Type :arrow_upper_left: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | flecha hacia la esquina superior izquierda | arriba, dirección, flecha, flecha hacia la esquina superior izquierda, izquierda, noroeste |
| Français (fr) | flèche haut gauche | direction, flèche, flèche haut gauche, nord-ouest, sens |
| Deutsch (de) | Pfeil nach links oben | nach links oben, Nordwesten, Pfeil, Pfeil nach links oben |
| Italiano (it) | freccia in alto a sinistra | direzione, freccia, freccia in alto a sinistra, in alto a sinistra, nord-ovest, punto intercardinale |
| Português (pt) | seta para cima e para a esquerda | diagonal superior esquerda, direção, flecha, intercardinal, noroeste, seta, seta para cima e para a esquerda, seta para esquerda superior |
| Nederlands (nl) | pijl linksomhoog | linksboven, noordwest, pijl, richting, windrichting |
| Svenska (sv) | uppåtpil vänster | pil, uppåt, uppåtpil vänster, vänster |
| Polski (pl) | strzałka w górę w lewo | kierunek, północny zachód, strzałka, strzałka do góry w lewo, strzałka w górę w lewo |
| Türkçe (tr) | sol yukarı ok | ara yön, kuzey batı, ok, sol yukarı ok, yön |
| Русский (ru) | стрелка влево-вверх | влево-вверх, направление, северо-запад, стрелка |
| Українська (uk) | стрілка вгору вліво | напрям, північно-західний, проміжний, стрілка, стрілка вгору вліво, стрілка вгору та ліворуч |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πάνω αριστερό βέλος | βέλος, βορειοδυτικά, ενδιάμεση, κατεύθυνση, πάνω αριστερό βέλος |
| العربية (ar) | سهم لأعلى اليسار | اتجاه, رمز, سهم, سهم لأعلى اليسار, سهم لاعلى اليسار, شمال غرب, كاردينال |
| עברית (he) | חץ למעלה ושמאלה | חץ, חץ למעלה ושמאלה, כיוון, למעלה, צפון-מערב, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | پیکان بالا چپ | پیکان, پیکان بالا چپ, جهت فرعی, شمال غربی, مسیر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ऊपर-बायाँ तीर | इंटरकार्डिनल, उत्तर पश्चिम, उत्तर-पश्चिम दिशा, ऊपर-बायाँ तीर, ऊपर-बायां तीर, दिशा |
| বাংলা (bn) | উপরে বামে তীর | আন্তঃ দিগনির্ণয়, উত্তর-পশ্চিম, উপরে বাঁঁদিকে তীর, উপরে বামে তীর, তীর, দিক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tanda panah kiri atas | arah, barat laut, interkardinal, kiri atas, panah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mũi tên lên bên trái | hướng, mũi tên, mũi tên lên bên trái, nhiều hướng, tây bắc |
| ไทย (th) | ลูกศรชี้มุมซ้ายบน | ตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ, ทิศทาง, ลูกศร, ลูกศรชี้มุมซ้ายบน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左上矢印 | 北西, 左上, 左上矢印, 矢印 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽 위 화살표 | 길찾기, 북서쪽, 좌상향 화살표, 화살표 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 左上箭头 | 左上, 左上箭头, 方向, 标识, 箭头, 西北 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 左上箭頭 | 左上箭頭, 方向, 西北 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): pyl na links bo
- Akan (ak): soro-benkum akyerԑkyerԑkwan
- Albanian (sq): shigjeta lart-majtas
- Amharic (am): ወደ ላይ ግራ ጠቋሚ ቀስት
- Armenian (hy): վերև ձախ սլաք
- Assamese (as): ঊৰ্ধ্বগামী বাওঁমুখী কাঁড়
- Azerbaijani (az): üzüyuxarı sola yönəlmiş ox
- Bashkir (ba): өҫкә-һул уҡ
- Basque (eu): gora eta ezkerrera gezia
- Belarusian (be): стрэлка ўверх-улева
- Bosnian (bs): strelica gore-lijevo
- Bulgarian (bg): стрелка нагоре и наляво
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်ဘက်အပေါ်ညွှန် မြား
- Canadian French (fr-CA): flèche pointant vers le haut à gauche
- Cantonese (yue): 向左上箭咀
- Catalan (ca): fletxa cap amunt a l’esquerra
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᎸᎳᏗ-ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎦᏝᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 上左箭嘴
- Chuvash (cv): стрелка сулахаялла-ҫӳлелле
- Croatian (hr): strelica prema gore-lijevo
- Czech (cs): šipka doleva nahoru
- Danish (da): opadvendt pil mod venstre
- Estonian (et): nool üles vasakule
- Faroese (fo): pílur sum peikar uppeftir og til vinstru
- Filipino (fil): pataas na pakaliwang arrow
- Finnish (fi): nuoli ylävasemmalle
- Galician (gl): frecha cara arriba á esquerda
- Georgian (ka): ისარი ზემოთ და მარცხნივ
- Gujarati (gu): ઉપર-ડાબું તીર
- Hausa (ha): kibiyar sama ta hagu
- Hungarian (hu): balra felfelé mutató nyíl
- Icelandic (is): ör ská upp til vinstri
- Igbo (ig): ube akaekpe-dị elu
- Irish (ga): saighead suas ar chlé
- Javanese (jv): panah munggah-ngiwa
- Kalaallisut (kl): opadvendt pil mod venstre
- Kannada (kn): ಮೇಲಿನ ಎಡ ಬಾಣ
- Kazakh (kk): жоғарғы сол жақ көрсеткісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جوعارعى سول جاق كورسەتكىشى
- Khmer (km): ព្រួញទៅលើងាកទៅឆ្វេងក្នុងរាងបួនជ្រុង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umwambi wo hejuru ugana ibumoso
- Konkani (kok): वयर-दावो बाण
- Kyrgyz (ky): өйдө сол жакты караган жебе
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): moxq’ab’ ch’ab’ pa uwi’
- Lao (lo): ລູກສອນຂຶ້ນມຸມຊ້າຍ
- Latvian (lv): uz augšējo kreiso stūri vērsta bultiņa
- Lithuanian (lt): rodyklė į viršų ir į kairę
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šypa nalěwo górjej
- Luxembourgish (lb): Feil no uewen a lénks
- Macedonian (mk): стрелка нагоре лево
- Malay (ms): anak panah ke penjuru kiri atas
- Malayalam (ml): മുകളിൽ ഇടത്തേക്കുള്ള അമ്പടയാളം
- Maltese (mt): vleġġa xellugija ’l fuq
- Marathi (mr): वर-डावीकडे दर्शविणारा बाण
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн дээшээ сум
- Māori (mi): pere ake-mauī
- Nepali (ne): माथि बायातर्फको तीर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Áro De Pọínt Ọ́p-Lẹft
- Northern Sotho (nso): lerungwana la godimo ka go le letshadi
- Norwegian (no): pil opp-venstre
- Odia (or): ଉପର-ବାମ ତୀର
- Oromo (om): xiyya olee-bitaa
- Pashto (ps): پورته چپ غشی
- Punjabi (pa): ਉੱਪਰ-ਖੱਬੇ ਤੀਰ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اُوتلا-کھبا تیر
- Quechua (qu): hanaq lluqi wachi
- Romanian (ro): săgeată orientată în stânga-sus
- Romansh (rm): frizza vers sura a sanestra
- Sardinian (sc): fritza cara a artu a manca
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): saighead gun iar-thuath
- Serbian (sr): стрелица нагоре и налево
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): стрелица нагоре и налијево
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): strelica nagore i nalevo
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): strelica nagore i nalijevo
- Shan (shn): ပိုၼ်ၸီႉၽၢႆႇသၢႆႉၼိူဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): مٿ کاٻي طرف تير
- Sinhala (si): උඩු-වම් ඊතලය
- Slovak (sk): šípka doľava nahor
- Slovenian (sl): puščica levo gor
- Somali (so): fallaarta kor ee bidix
- Swahili (sw): mshale unaoelekeza juu kushoto
- Tajik (tg): тири болову чап
- Tamil (ta): மேல்-இடது நோக்கிய அம்புக்குறி
- Telugu (te): ఎగువ ఎడమ బాణం
- Tigrinya (ti): ምልክት ናብ-ጸጋማይ ላዕሊ
- Tongan (to): ngahau ki ʻolunga toʻohema
- Tswana (tn): motsu wa godimo molemeng
- Turkmen (tk): ýokary-çepe ok
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kłok dolěwa horje
- Urdu (ur): اوپر بائیں تیر
- Uyghur (ug): ئۈستى سول كۆرسەتكۈچ
- Uzbek (uz): chap yuqoriga strelka
- Welsh (cy): saeth i fyny-chwith
- Wolof (wo): fettu càmmoñu-kaw
- Xhosa (xh): utolo olusekhohlo phezulu
- Yoruba (yo): àmì òkè ìtó̩sọ́nà o̩lọ́fà apá òsì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àmì òkè ìtó̩sɔ́nà o̩lɔ́fà apá òsì
- Zulu (zu): umcibisholo obheke phezulu kwesokunxele

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2196 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `↖️` |
| CSS | `\2196\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2196}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2196\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 86 96 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2196 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%86%96%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ↖️ up-left arrow emoji mean?

A diagonal arrow pointing toward the upper left, or northwest. People use it to direct attention to something above and to the left, such as a name, an image or a menu, and to show direction on maps and diagrams.

### How do I type the ↖️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “up-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_upper_left:.

### When was the ↖️ emoji added?

↖️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ↖️?

U+2196 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ↖️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2196}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/up-left-arrow-emoji