↸
Arrow 41
- Unicode
- U+21B8
- Category
- Arrows
- HTML Entity
- ↸
- CSS
- \21B8
The ↸ (North West Arrow to Long Bar) symbol traditionally represents the "Home" key on computer keyboards, particularly under the ISO 9995-7 standard. It visually depicts a cursor jumping back to the top-left starting position of a line, page, or document. Today, you will mostly encounter this symbol in technical documentation, retro UI design, and typing tutorials to indicate navigating back to a starting point.
How to Type
- Windows
- Type 21B8 then press Alt+X
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'north west arrow'
- HTML
- ↸
In Programming
In technical documentation and UI/UX design, ↸ is primarily used to graphically represent the Home key when listing keyboard shortcut instructions for software applications.
Tags
ISO 9995
arrow
bar
beginning of line
cursor home
direction
home
home key icon
home key symbol
keyboard home key
north west arrow bar
northwest
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