Symbols · Emoji 0.6
↩️Right Arrow Curving Left Emoji
Basically, it means “go back” or “return to what we were talking about.” It’s a quick way to signal you want to revisit a previous point.
The ↩️ emoji shows a left arrow curving to the right.
- Unicode
- U+21A9 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :leftwards_
arrow_ with_ hook: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ↩️ Right Arrow Curving Left emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Right Arrow Curving Left emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+21A9. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Right Arrow Curving Left emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :leftwards_arrow_with_hook:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+21A9.
04 — How to type
How to type the ↩️ Right Arrow Curving Left emoji
No picker to hand? The right arrow curving left can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Right Arrow Curving Left 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
Right Arrow Curving Left emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around right arrow curving left 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 right arrow curving left 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 right arrow curving left 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: Right Arrow Curving Left
Code: U+21A9 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :leftwards_arrow_with_hook:
Basically, it means “go back” or “return to what we were talking about.”
Unicode name: Up-right Arrow
Code: U+2197 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_upper_right:
Basically, it just means “up and to the right.”
11 — History
Where the ↩️ Right Arrow Curving Left 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.
Same character every time — U+21A9 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
↩️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E6DA, KDDI au E55D.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Right Arrow Curving Left was approved as U+21A9 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