⬅️ Left Arrow Emoji

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Google (Noto Color Emoji 16.0)
Google

Noto Color Emoji 16.0

⬅️ Related Emojis

The ⬅️ emoji is often associated with the following emojis:

🧭🔚🔙

⬅️ Meaning and Usage

The left arrow emoji ⬅️ is a left-pointing arrow: often white on a blue square. It denotes a direction toward the west 🧭 or returning to prior states/methods.


Emoji name: left arrow

Tags: arrow | cardinal | direction | left | west


Categories

⬆️ Arrows

⬅️ Chat Examples

  • Head back west to get home. ⬅️🏡
  • We’ve got to go in reverse! ⬅️⏮️
  • Consider our previous discussions. ⬅️🔄
  • Let's rewind this video! ⬅️📼
  • Going old-school with tech. ⬅️💾

⬅️ Images

Check out how the emoji appears on different devices and platforms:

Google

Noto Color Emoji 16.0

Google (Noto Color Emoji 16.0)

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Color

Microsoft - Fluent Emoji (Color)

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Flat

Microsoft - Fluent Emoji (Flat)

Mozilla

FxEmojis 1.7.9

Mozilla (FxEmojis v1.7.9)

OpenMoji

OpenMoji 15.1

OpenMoji 15.1

Twitter / X

Twemoji 14.0

Twitter / X (Twemoji 14.0)

Google

Noto Emoji 16.0

Google (Noto Emoji 16.0)

Your Browser

Default Emoji

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⬅️ Emoji Support and Compatibility

Google

Android 4.3

Microsoft

Windows 8.0

⬅️ Image History

Google

Microsoft

Mozilla

OpenMoji

Twitter / X

⬅️ Word Associations with the "Left Arrow" Emoji

The ⬅️ is often associated with: previous, west, revert, shift left, align left, leftward movement, return, direction and back.

⬅️ Left Arrow Emoji In Most Popular Languages

Discover the name of this emoji in various languages:

LanguageEmoji Name
Arabicسهم لليسار
Chinese向左箭头
Chinese (Traditional)向左箭頭
Frenchflèche gauche
GermanPfeil nach links
Hindiबायाँ तीर
Italianfreccia rivolta a sinistra
Japanese左矢印
Korean좌향 화살표
Portugueseseta para a esquerda
Spanishflecha hacia la izquierda
Turkishsol ok
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v46

Complete List of ⬅️ Translations

LanguageEmoji Name
A
Afrikaanspyl na links
Albanianshigjeta majtas
Amharicወደ ግራ ጠቋሚ ቀስት
Arabicسهم لليسار
Armenianձախ սլաք
Assameseবাওঁমুখী কাঁড়
Azerbaijanisola ox
B
Banglaবাম তীর
Basqueezkerrera gezia
Belarusianстрэлка ўлева
Bosnianstrelica nalijevo
Bulgarianстрелка наляво
Burmeseဘယ်ညွှန်မြား
C
Cantonese (Simplified)向左箭咀
Catalanfletxa cap a l’esquerra
CherokeeᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎦᏝᏗ
Chinese向左箭头
Chinese (Traditional)向左箭頭
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)左箭嘴
Croatianstrelica prema lijevo
Czechšipka doleva
D
Danishpil mod venstre
Dutchpijl naar links
E
Englishleft arrow
Estoniannool vasakule
F
Faroesepílur sum peikar til vinstru
Filipinopakaliwang arrow
Finnishnuoli vasemmalle
Frenchflèche gauche
G
Galicianfrecha cara á esquerda
Georgianისარი მარცხნივ
GermanPfeil nach links
Greekαριστερό βέλος
Gujaratiડાબું તીર
H
Hausakibiya hagu
Hebrewחץ שמאלה
Hindiबायाँ तीर
Hungarianbalra mutató nyíl
I
Icelandicör til vinstri
Igboube akaekpe
Indonesiantanda panah kiri
Irishsaighead ar chlé
Italianfreccia rivolta a sinistra
J
Japanese左矢印
Javanesepanah ngiwa
K
Kalaallisutpil mod venstre
Kannadaಎಡಭಾಗದ ಬಾಣ
Kazakhсол жақ бағытты көрсеткі
Khmerព្រួញទៅឆ្វេង
Kinyarwandaakambi k’ibumoso
Konkaniदावो बाण
Korean좌향 화살표
Kyrgyzсол жакты караган жебе
L
Laoລູກສອນຊ້າຍ
Latviankreisā bultiņa
Lithuanianrodyklė į kairę
LuxembourgishFeil no lénks
M
Macedonianстрелка налево
Malayanak panah ke kiri
Malayalamഇടത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന അമ്പടയാളം
Maltesevleġġa xellugija
Māoripere mauī
Marathiडावा बाण
Mongolianзүүн сум
N
Nepaliबायाँतर्फको तीर
Nigerian PidginÁro De Pọínt Lẹft
Norwegian Bokmålpil venstre
Norwegian Nynorskpil venstre
O
Odiaବାମ ତୀର
P
Pashto / Pushtoچپ غشی
Persianپیکان چپ
Polishstrzałka w lewo
Portugueseseta para a esquerda
Portuguese (Portugal)seta para a esquerda
Punjabiਖੱਬੇ ਤੀਰ
Q
Quechualluqi wachi
R
Romaniansăgeată orientată în stânga
Russianстрелка влево
S
Scottish Gaelicsaighead dhan taobh chlì
Serbian (Cyrillic)стрелица налево
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)стрелица налијево
Serbian (Latin)strelica nalevo
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)strelica nalijevo
Sindhiکاٻي طرف تير
Sinhalaවම් ඊතලය
Slovakšípka doľava
Slovenianpuščica levo
Somalifallarta bidix
Spanishflecha hacia la izquierda
Spanish (Latin American Spanish)flecha hacia la izquierda
Spanish (Mexican Spanish)flecha hacia la izquierda
Spanish (United States)flecha hacia la izquierda
Swahilimshale unaoelekeza kushoto
Swedishvänsterpil
T
Tajikтири чап
Tamilஇடது நோக்கிய அம்புக்குறி
Teluguఎడమ బాణం
Thaiลูกศรชี้ไปทางซ้าย
Tonganngahau ki toʻohema
Turkishsol ok
Turkmençepe ok
U
Ukrainianстрілка вліво
Urduبائیں تیر
Uyghur / Uighurسول كۆرسەتكۈچ
Uzbekchapga strelka
V
Vietnamesemũi tên trái
W
Welshsaeth i’r chwith
Woloffettu càmmoñ
X
Xhosautolo olusekhohlo
Y
Yorubaàmì ìtó̩sọ́nà o̩lọ́fà apá òsì
Z
Zuluinkombasinxele
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v46

⬅️ Emoji Codes for Developers

Shortcode (Discord):arrow_left:
Shortcode (GitHub):arrow_left:
Shortcode (Slack):arrow_left:
HTML Dec⬅️
HTML Hex⬅️
CSS\2B05 \FE0F
C, C++ & Python\u2B05\uFE0F
Java, JavaScript & JSON\u2B05\uFE0F
Perl\x{2B05}\x{FE0F}
PHP & Ruby\u{2B05}\u{FE0F}
Punycodexn--94i
URL Escape Code%E2%AC%85%EF%B8%8F

⬅️ Unicode Data

Unicode Code Point(s)
  • ⬅: U+2B05
  • Variation Selector-16: U+FE0F
Unicode VersionUnicode 4.0
Emoji VersionEmoji 1.0
Proposals

L2/09‑026

L2/07‑257

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