↵
Arrow 38
- Unicode
- U+21B5
- Category
- Arrows
- HTML Entity
- ↵
- CSS
- \21B5
The ↵ symbol, officially named the Downwards Arrow with Corner Leftwards, universally represents the "Return" or "Enter" key on computer keyboards. In typography and word processing, it acts as a visible marker to indicate a carriage return or hard line break. You will frequently see it in user manuals, software interfaces, and technical tutorials instructing someone to press the Enter key.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+8629 or Win+. then search 'return'
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'return'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U 21b5
- HTML
- ↵ or ↵
In Programming
Code editors and IDEs frequently use this symbol as a visible whitespace marker to represent invisible newline (\n) or carriage return (\r) characters in text files.
Tags
arrow
carriage return
carriage return symbol
enter
enter key icon
hard return
keyboard key
keyboard symbol
line break
newline
newline symbol
return
return key icon