Symbols · Emoji 0.6
↔️Left-right Arrow Emoji
Generally, it means "either/or" or "opposite." It’s used to show two different options or ideas.
The ↔️ emoji is a simple horizontal arrow.
- Unicode
- U+2194 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :left_
right_ arrow: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ↔️ Left-right Arrow emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 2.
02 — Platforms
Left-right Arrow emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the left-right arrow as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Left-right Arrow emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :left_right_arrow:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the left-right arrow, code point U+2194.
04 — How to type
How to type the ↔️ Left-right Arrow emoji
No picker to hand? The left-right arrow can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Left-right Arrow emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Left-right Arrow emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around left-right arrow for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ↔️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the left-right arrow and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What ↔️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the left-right arrow lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
↔️ vs ⬇️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Left-right Arrow
Code: U+2194 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :left_right_arrow:
Generally, it means "either/or" or "opposite."
Unicode name: Down Arrow
Code: U+2B07 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_down:
Generally, ⬇️ means "down" or "decreasing."
11 — History
Where the ↔️ Left-right Arrow emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
↔️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E73C, KDDI au EB7A.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Left-right Arrow was approved as U+2194 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ↔️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ