Leftwards White Arrow Within Triangle Arrowhead 🢔
🢔 (U+1F894) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Leftwards White Arrow Within Triangle Arrowhead is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Arrows-C). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts the LEFTWARDS WHITE ARROW WITHIN TRIANGLE ARROWHEAD. It signals direction and navigation in user interfaces and documents. Use it as a back or previous indicator in apps, menus, and guides. Place it next to back buttons or in help sections to show how to return to a prior step. In diagrams, it can mark a backward flow or a reversed route within a triangle shape. It also works in tutorials to point to earlier steps or to rewind to a preceding item. Cross‑platform, its appearance may vary; provide accessible text labels or descriptions for screen readers so all users can understand its meaning.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F894 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F894 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A2 94 - UTF-16:
D83E DC94 - UTF-32:
0001F894 - HTML dec:
🢔 - HTML hex:
🢔 - JS escape:
\u{1F894} - Python \N{}:
\N{LEFTWARDS WHITE ARROW WITHIN TRIANGLE ARROWHEAD} - Python \U:
\U0001F894 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A2%94 - CSS escape:
\1F894
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F894 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🢔 (hex) or 🢔 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.