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An arrow turning down then left, marking the enter or return key.
Also known as: Return key, Carriage return, Bent arrow, New line key
The bent arrow marks the enter or return key. Its shape traces the carriage return of a typewriter: down one line, then back to the left margin.
Marks the enter or return key, which confirms an entry or starts a new line.
Contexts: Software
Draws the path of a typewriter carriage return — down a line, then back to the left margin — which is why the arrow bends.
Typewriter era onward · Contexts: Software
Is shown in interfaces to indicate the default action, the one taken if the key is pressed without choosing anything else.
Contexts: Software
Is drawn as an arrow that turns a corner — down and then left, or left and then down — recording the carriage return of a typewriter: move down a line, then travel back to the margin. The two motions in the glyph are the two motions of the mechanism.
Inherited from typewriter practice · Contexts: Software
Related forms that are not treated as separate canonical symbols — see our variant rules.
Unicode RETURN SYMBOL
U+23CE, the hooked arrow used in documentation and on Apple keycaps.
Numeric-keypad Enter
Frequently printed as the word Enter or as a plain angled arrow, and treated as a distinct key by some software even though most users never notice the difference.
An arrow that starts at the upper right, turns downward, then points left.