The BACK arrow is the universal “whoops—rewind that” button of texting. It’s the energy of a browser’s Back button, a polite retreat, or a dramatic walk-back after a spicy take. People drop it when they’re undoing a statement, hinting at nostalgia (“take me back to 2016 vibes”), or signaling a quick U-turn out of an awkward convo—Homer-backing-into-the-bushes-core. In stan Twitter threads and comment sections, it doubles as a call to return to the previous topic, the main menu, or sanity.
On Apple/iOS, it looks like a glossy blue rounded-square button with a crisp white left-pointing arrow perched above the word “BACK” in bold all-caps—very nav-bar chic, clean sans-serif, slight gradient, unmistakably app-UI. That instantly-recognizable design feels like tapping the top-left corner of an iPhone to go to the last screen. It’s used earnestly to say “go back,” sarcastically to roast someone who changed their mind too fast, and flirtatiously as a playful “come back to me.” Think Ctrl+Z energy, VHS rewind nostalgia, and the internet’s favorite move: walking it back, but with style.
Definition
An arrow pointing to the left with the word "back" below it. Means go back. Do it again. Start over. Go to the beginning. Jump to the start of a song, presentation, or story. Move to the previous page.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
689 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
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LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:back:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Back with Leftwards Arrow Above BACK Arrow
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Words with Arrows
Editorial Comment
Back it on up! Added in iOS 5 because the Unicode guys got mad at them.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Words with Arrows
Names & Annotations
BACK WITH LEFTWARDS ARROW ABOVE Old name: BACK WITH LEFT ARROW ABOVE Temporary Notes: Back (left arrow with "BACK")
Symbol Information
U+1F519 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B8E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[←BACK]
KDDI
#511 戻る 「戻ru」 U+EB06 SJIS-F7DD JIS-785F
Softbank
#384 #old233 矢印(左) U+E235 SJIS-F7D5
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🔙
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🔙
Decimal HTML Entity
🔙
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🔙
Hex Code Point(s)
1f519
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F519
Decimal Code Point(s)
128281
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x99
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 99
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 231
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD19
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd19
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56601
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F519
UTF-32 Hex
01F519
UTF-32 Dec
128281
Python Src
u"\U0001F519"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\x99"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD19"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
