Arrow 19

Unicode
U+21A2
Category
Arrows
HTML Entity
↢
CSS
\21A2
The ↢ (Leftwards Arrow with Tail) symbol features a standard left-pointing arrowhead distinguished by a small, curved 'tail' at its starting point. Located within Unicode's Arrows block, this character is frequently used in mathematical logic, category theory, and technical diagrams to denote specialized relational flows or inverse mappings. While rare in casual social media posts, it serves as a precise typographic tool for indicating a distinct, origin-bound direction.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+8610
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "leftwards arrow with tail"
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 21a2
HTML
↢ or ↢

In Programming

In mathematical typesetting systems like LaTeX, this symbol is generated using the command \leftarrowtail and is primarily used to represent injective functions or specific morphisms.

Tags

arrow category theory direction injective inverse mapping left logic math tail technical diagram unicode arrows

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