↔️ Meaning – Left-Right Arrow Emoji

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This icon depicts a black arrow with both a left and right point. This emoji could mean a two-way split in a road, two options, both left and right directionals, or that something could go “either way”. Left-Right Arrow Emoji would most likely be used if giving someone directions, or to explain that someone feels impartial or divided in regards to an issue. It is a rarely used icon.

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Left-Right Arrow Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+2194 U+FE0F
Unicode name: Left-Right Arrow
Category: Symbols / Arrows
Keywords: arrow
Windows Alt-code: n/a
Decimal HTML Entity: ↔️
Hex HTML Entity: ↔️
UTF-16 hex: 0x2194 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: n/a
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

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🌐 Left-Right Arrow Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Pfeil nach links und rechts	entgegengesetzt, nach links und rechts, Pfeil
Français	flèche gauche droite	flèche
Русский	стрелка влево-вправо	влево и вправо, влево-вправо, двойная, стрелка, стрелка влево вправо
Español	flecha izquierda y derecha	derecha, dirección, flecha, izquierda
Italiano	freccia sinistra-destra	destra, doppia direzione, freccia, larghezza
Português	seta para esquerda e direita	horizontal, lados, seta
Polski	strzałka w lewo i w prawo	dwukierunkowa, lewo-prawo, na boki

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How to type Left-Right Arrow Emoji

There are number of methods to type Left-Right Arrow Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ↔️ emoji

It's very easy to get Left-Right Arrow Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ↔️ meaning and look at ↔️ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

↔️ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.