Anticlockwise Triangle-Headed Left U-Shaped Arrow
Block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
- Symbol
- ⮎
- Unicode
U+2B8E- Unicode name
- ANTICLOCKWISE TRIANGLE-HEADED LEFT U-SHAPED ARROW
- Block
- Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
- Category
- Symbol, Other
- Type
- Unicode symbol
Anticlockwise Triangle-Headed Left U-Shaped Arrow (⮎) is encoded as U+2B8E and has the formal Unicode name ANTICLOCKWISE TRIANGLE-HEADED LEFT U-SHAPED ARROW. Unicode classifies it as Symbol, Other in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block. Its name places it in the arrow/directional family, which gives the page a narrower identity than the glyph alone. Separately encoded named neighbors include ⮌ Anticlockwise Triangle-Headed Right U-Shaped Arrow (U+2B8C); those records should be compared by name and code point rather than merged because their shapes or terminology are related.
Unicode Identity First, Local Meaning Second
⮎ is encoded as U+2B8E and classified as Symbol, Other. Its formal name narrows it to the arrow/directional family rather than leaving the mark as an unidentified shape.
The Unicode identity and the surrounding document answer different questions: the code point tells you which character is present, while the surrounding formula, interface, document, or notation system determines the local interpretation. Keeping those layers separate prevents a visual guess from being treated as a character definition.
When another character is unclear, try what is this ⮎ symbol? to identify it from the character itself, its Unicode value, or its shape.
Code-Point and UTF-8 Forms for ⮎
U+2B8E = decimal 11150 = HTML ⮎ / ⮎. A Unicode escape-style form is u2B8E. Its UTF-8 bytes are E2 AE 8E.
Use these identifiers in markup, source code, exports, or character diagnostics when the glyph alone is not enough.
Do Not Collapse Anticlockwise Triangle-Headed Left U-Shaped Arrow Into Nearby Named Variants
Unicode stores ⮎ as U+2B8E, while nearby records include ⮌ Anticlockwise Triangle-Headed Right U-Shaped Arrow (U+2B8C). These are separate encoded identities, not alternate font drawings of one character.
The comparison is useful because a shared word in the name, a mirrored direction, or a similar outline can make two symbols appear interchangeable. When the distinction matters, compare the complete Unicode name and code point before replacing one record with another.