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↔️ Left-right arrow
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↔️ Emoji meaning
Exchange, comparison, bidirectional, opposite, and flexibility.
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↔️ Meaning
I don't know where to go! The arrowheads point in opposite directions. Can stand for a length specification or for interchangeability. An arrow to the left means the past, to the right means the future.
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Left right arrow vs leftwards arrow with hook; both used to show back/forward or switching direction.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Left-right arrow” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ left-right
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- left-right arrow
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ left-right arrow
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ arrow
