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⬅️ Left arrow
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⬅️ Emoji meaning
Retreat, reversal, west, past, previous statement.
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⬅️ Meaning
To the west. This arrow is used to indicate a direction. Someone is asked to look left. Often this also refers to a previously made statement.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Leftwards black arrow vs north west arrow; both lean towards the left side, difference is diagonal vs straight.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Left 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.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ left
Keywords removed
- left arrow
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ left arrow
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ arrow + cardinal + direction + west
