Keyboard symbol · An arrow

⇪ Caps Lock key symbol

Our drawing, not Apple’s or Microsoft’s artwork.

⇪ is Caps Lock: press it once and letters come out as capitals until you press it again. It is the Shift arrow standing on a bar, the bar meaning it stays on.

The symbol: ⇪
Name on a Mac: Caps Lock
Name on a Windows PC: Caps lock
Unicode: U+21EA UPWARDS WHITE ARROW FROM BAR
In HTML: ⇪
Where the key is: Left edge of the keyboard, at the start of the row with A.

What Apple says

Caps Lock ⇪ Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, list of modifier-key symbols under Using keyboard shortcuts

On a Windows PC

Turn on the Toggle keys switch to play a sound whenever you press the Caps lock, Num lock, or Scroll lock keys. Microsoft Support, Make your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices easier to use, Toggle keys, under Make the keyboard easier to use

The character: U+21EA UPWARDS WHITE ARROW FROM BAR

To type or paste it anywhere, copy this: ⇪. It is U+21EA in Unicode, named UPWARDS WHITE ARROW FROM BAR, shown in the code chart Unicode Consortium, Code chart: Arrows, U+2190 to U+21FF, U+21EA

The Unicode names list annotates this character: caps lock. Unicode Consortium, NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations), U+21EA

Other symbols of the same shape

⇧ ShiftU+21E7 ⇥ TabU+21E5 ⏎ ReturnU+23CE ⇞ Page UpU+21DE ⇟ Page DownU+21DF ⇱ HomeU+21F1 ⇲ EndU+21F2

More keyboard symbols

⌘ CommandU+2318 ⌥ OptionU+2325 ⌃ ControlU+2303 ⎋ EscapeU+238B ⌫ Delete (Backspace)U+232B ⌦ Forward DeleteU+2326 ⏏ EjectU+23CF 🌐 Fn / GlobeU+1F310

Sources

Each line in quotation marks is copied from the page named, read on the date shown. Unicode names and code points are copied from the Unicode names list and code charts.

Microsoft Support: Make your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices easier to use (applies to Windows 11 and Windows 10). Used here: Toggle keys, under Make the keyboard easier to use. support.microsoft.com Checked 2026-09-29.
Unicode Consortium: NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations) (Unicode 18.0.0). Used here: U+21EA. www.unicode.org Checked 2026-09-29.
Apple Support: Mac keyboard shortcuts (published September 14, 2026). Used here: list of modifier-key symbols under Using keyboard shortcuts. support.apple.com Checked 2026-09-29.
Unicode Consortium: Code chart: Arrows, U+2190 to U+21FF (Unicode 18.0.0 charts). Used here: U+21EA. www.unicode.org Checked 2026-09-29.