Left-right Arrow
aka
Double Arrow·Back and Forth
Both Ways·Two-Way Arrow·Either Way
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About
The Left-Right Arrow emoji (↔️) is the diplomatic peacekeeper of the emoji world, quietly managing life's endless back-and-forth moments. Whether you're explaining trade-offs, showing indecision, or illustrating that classic 'six of one, half dozen of the other' situation, this little double-headed arrow captures the beautiful messiness of choices and exchanges.
Platforms
Vibe & Tone
diplomatic balanceanalyticaldiplomaticcontemplativeneutral
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- Symbols
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When to use ↔️
- →Showing you're torn between two options
- →Illustrating a mutual exchange or trade
- →Explaining a back-and-forth conversation or negotiation
- →Indicating that something works both ways
- →Expressing the idea of compromise or balance
Keywords
leftrightarrowleft-rightsymbols
Related Concepts
indecisiontrade-offback and forthboth sidesexchangecomparisonoptionspros and conscompromisemutual
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 2194
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji predates most others, being part of Unicode 6.1 in 2012, making it one of the elder statespeople of the symbol emoji family—it was helping people navigate choices before we even had the shrug emoji to express our confusion.
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