0x21B0

0x21B0 refers to the Unicode code point U+21B0, which is located in the Arrows block of the Unicode standard. The character is officially named Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Up and is categorized as a symbol used in mathematical notation and related technical contexts. The glyph depicts a left-pointing harpoon with a barb oriented upward, and it belongs to a family of harpoon-style arrows used in specialized diagrams and notation.

Usage of this symbol is relatively limited and highly dependent on the font and context. It is not as common in everyday text as standard arrows, and some fonts or text rendering systems may not include a glyph for U+21B0. When available, it can convey notion of a directional relation or a specific type of mapping in expert documents, but its exact interpretation is dictated by the discipline and author.

Encoding and accessibility details: in Unicode, the code point is U+21B0. In UTF-8, it is represented as a three-byte sequence; in UTF-16, it is encoded as 0x21B0; and in UTF-32, as 0x000021B0. In HTML, the symbol can be included with a numeric character reference such as ↰ or ↰, provided the font used supports the glyph. The decimal value of the code point is 8624.

See also: Unicode Arrows block, Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Up (U+21B0).