↲

Down Arrow With Tip Left

Unicode
U+21B2
Category
Arrows
HTML Entity
↲
CSS
\21B2
The ↲ (Down Arrow With Tip Left) symbol features a downward-pointing arrow that sharply curves to the left. It is most widely recognized as the traditional icon for the "Return" or "Enter" key on computer keyboards, originating from the physical carriage return action on a typewriter. In digital interfaces and typography, it is frequently used to indicate line breaks, text wrapping, or submitting an input.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+8626
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "down arrow with tip left"
HTML
↵ or ↲

In Programming

In text editors and IDEs, developers use this symbol to visually reveal hidden carriage return (\r) or line feed (\n) characters when debugging code formatting.

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Tags

arrow carriage return corner direction down enter key symbol keyboard enter symbol line break arrow newline symbol return arrow return key icon text wrap symbol turn left word processor symbol

Related Symbols

← Left Arrow ↑ Up Arrow → Right Arrow ↓ Down Arrow ↔ Left Right Arrow ↕ Up Down Arrow ↖ North West Arrow ↗ North East Arrow ↘ South East Arrow ↙ South West Arrow ↞ Left Two Headed Arrow ↠ Right Two Headed Arrow