# \hookleftarrow

The ↩ symbol (Leftwards arrow with hook, U+21A9), written as \hookleftarrow in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/hookleftarrow

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Arrows](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/arrows) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ↩ |
| Unicode | U+21A9 LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\hookleftarrow
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 330 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+21A9 (LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK).