Leftwards Arrow with Notched Tail 🢘
🢘 (U+1F898) 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 Arrow with Notched Tail 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 ARROW WITH NOTCHED TAIL. Arrows commonly indicate direction and navigation cues in interfaces and documents. In UI design, it signals backward movement or returning to a previous screen, such as a back button in apps, a previous step in a wizard, or a reversed scroll action. In documents and forms, it helps users review earlier content, navigate to earlier sections, or move to prior items in a list or table. In tutorials or help guides, it can point readers to key preceding steps. Cross-platform appearance should remain clear on most systems, and provide accessible text alternatives for screen readers and assistive tech.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F898 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+1F898 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A2 98 - UTF-16:
D83E DC98 - UTF-32:
0001F898 - HTML dec:
🢘 - HTML hex:
🢘 - JS escape:
\u{1F898} - Python \N{}:
\N{LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH NOTCHED TAIL} - Python \U:
\U0001F898 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A2%98 - CSS escape:
\1F898
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+1F898 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.