# \leftarrow

The ← symbol (Leftwards arrow, U+2190), written as \leftarrow in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Arrows](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/arrows) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ← |
| Unicode | U+2190 LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\leftarrow
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.11% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 130 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2190 (LEFTWARDS ARROW).