U+21A6 Rightwards Arrow From Bar
U+21A6 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block
This character is a Math Symbol and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as z notation maplet.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it acts as Other Neutral. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+21A6 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it.
The CLDR project calls this character “rightwards arrow from bar” for use in screen reading software. It assigns these additional labels, e.g. for search in emoji pickers: arrow, bar, from, rightwards.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The maps to symbol, ↦, is a rightward arrow protruding from a vertical bar. It is used in mathematics and in computer science to denote functions. In Z notation, a specification language used in software development, this symbol is called the maplet arrow and the expression x ↦ y is called a maplet. In separation logic it denotes the contents of a specific cell of memory.
In the Unicode character set, the symbol is code point U+21A6.
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Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | |
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Elsewhere
Complete Record
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1.1 (1993) | |
RIGHTWARDS ARROW FROM BAR | |
RIGHT ARROW FROM BAR | |
Arrows | |
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