↖️ Meaning – Up-Left Arrow Emoji

↖️

copy

This emoji depicts an arrow pointing upwards towards the left upper corner is the symbol for the north or north-west direction. It can be used to point in a specific direction or in relation to a region or country situated in the north / north-west. Up-Left Arrow Emoji can mean “I’m from the north!” or “Let’s go this way (this direction)!”.

Apple

Google

Microsoft

Samsung

↖️

Browser / Native

Twitter

Emoji One

Facebook Messenger

n/a

ASCII Emoticon

Up-Left Arrow Emoji details

Symbol to copy
Uncode codepoint: U+2196 U+FE0F
Unicode name: Up-Left Arrow
Category: Symbols / Arrows
Keywords: arrow, direction, intercardinal
Windows Alt-code: n/a
Decimal HTML Entity: ↖️
Hex HTML Entity: ↖️
UTF-16 hex: 0x2196 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: n/a
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

End Arrow

Counterclockwise Arrows Button

Envelope with Arrow

Right Arrow Curving Down

Right Arrow Curving Up

Shuffle Tracks Button

Fast Up Button

Downwards Button

Fast Down Button

🌐 Up-Left Arrow Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Pfeil nach links oben	nach links oben, Pfeil
Français	flèche haut gauche	direction, flèche, nord-ouest
Русский	стрелка влево-вверх	влево-вверх, направление, северо-запад, стрелка
Español	flecha hacia la esquina superior izquierda	arriba, dirección, flecha, izquierda, noroeste
Italiano	freccia in alto a sinistra	direzione, freccia, nord-ovest, punto intercardinale
Português	seta para cima e para a esquerda	direção, intercardinal, noroeste, seta
Polski	strzałka w górę w lewo	kierunek, północny zachód, strzałka, strzałka do góry w lewo

Random emoji

How to type Up-Left Arrow Emoji

There are number of methods to type Up-Left 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 Up-Left 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.