⇺ Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke

How to type Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke on Mac / Windows / Linux?

Windows: Use the Emoji Panel (Win + .), the Character Map app, or copy/paste ⇺.

macOS: Use Character Viewer (Control + Command + Space) and search by name, or copy/paste.

Linux: In many Linux apps, press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 21fa, then press Enter. If that doesn't work, use Character Map and copy/paste.

Microsoft Office: Type 21FA then press Alt + X.

How to type Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke on iOS / Android?

On iOS, long-press the globe/emoji key and search in the symbol picker, or paste the symbol.

On Android, open the symbols keyboard or use your app’s character panel, then paste.

How to add Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke in HTML?

Best practice is to include the literal character and serve your page as UTF-8. Use numeric references (or a named HTML entity, if available) only when you need an ASCII-only representation.

<meta charset="utf-8" />
<span>⇺ symbol</span>

<span>⇺ symbol</span>

<span>&#8698; symbol</span>

<span>&#x21FA; symbol</span>

How to add Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke in CSS?

CSS escapes work inside the content property. This is most useful with ::before or ::after.

.symbol::after {
  content: "\21FA";
}

<span class="symbol"></span>

How to add Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke in JavaScript / JSON?

Use Unicode escapes in strings for a stable, language-neutral representation.

const symbol = "\u21FA";
console.log(symbol);

{
  "symbol": "\u21FA"
}

How to add Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke in URL / Query string?

Use percent-encoding. In JavaScript, use encodeURIComponent.

https://example.com?q=%E2%87%BA

How to add Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke in Word / Google Docs / Excel?

In Word or Google Docs, go to Insert → Symbol (or Special Characters) and search the Unicode name.

In Word, you can type 21FA and press Alt+X to convert it.

=UNICHAR(8698)

Encoding notes

UTF-8 and UTF-16 byte sequences are listed above for developer tools, debugging, or data pipelines.