Symbols · Emoji 0.6
↪️Left Arrow Curving Right Emoji
It simply means you're replying to what the person before you said. It’s a visual cue that you're continuing a conversation.
The ↪️ emoji, also called the “reply arrow,” shows a right-facing arrow that curves around to look like a hook.
- Unicode
- U+21AA U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :arrow_
right_ hook: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ↪️ Left Arrow Curving Right emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 4 of them.
02 — Platforms
Left Arrow Curving Right emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+21AA. 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
Left Arrow Curving Right emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :arrow_right_hook:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+21AA.
04 — How to type
How to type the ↪️ Left Arrow Curving Right emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Left Arrow Curving Right emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the left arrow curving right as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Left Arrow Curving Right emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around left arrow curving right 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
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
08 — Apps
What ↪️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — Difference
↪️ vs ↘️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Left Arrow Curving Right
Code: U+21AA U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_right_hook:
It simply means you're replying to what the person before you said.
Unicode name: Down-right Arrow
Code: U+2198 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_lower_right:
Generally, the ↘️ emoji means a downward and right movement.
11 — History
Where the ↪️ Left Arrow Curving Right 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
KDDI au E55C.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Left Arrow Curving Right was approved as U+21AA 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