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Arrow Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
A sample of 12 entries from the 497 on this page. Read the name before the shape. Each row also carries the hexadecimal and decimal HTML reference for the exact sequence.
Leftwards ArrowU+2190←
Symbol · decimal ←
Clockwise Top Semicircle ArrowU+21B7↷
Symbol · decimal ↷
Upwards White Arrow From BarU+21EA⇪
Symbol · decimal ⇪
Wedge-Tailed Rightwards ArrowU+27BC➼
Symbol · decimal ➼
Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With TailU+2B3B⬻
Symbol · decimal ⬻
Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal ToU+2B4A⭊
Symbol · decimal ⭊
Upwards Harpoon With Barb Right From BarU+295C⥜
Symbol · decimal ⥜
Left Right White ArrowU+2B04⬄
Symbol · decimal ⬄
Down-Left ArrowU+2199 U+FE0F↙ ️
Emoji sequence · decimal ↙ ️
South West Triangle-Headed ArrowU+2B69⭩
Symbol · decimal ⭩
Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Long Tip LeftwardsU+2BA0⮠
Symbol · decimal ⮠
Envelope With ArrowU+1F4E9📩
Emoji or pictograph · decimal 📩
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Arrow directions, structures and notation roles
Unicode arrows cover direction, navigation, logic, movement and visual flow with dozens of weights and styles.
The broad arrow inventory covers ordinary direction, keyboard actions, mappings, logic, chemistry and specialized diagrams. Filter by the formal name before choosing a lookalike for technical writing. The page carries 497 distinct entries: 480 single characters and 17 sequences.
Representative names include Leftwards Arrow, Clockwise Top Semicircle Arrow, Upwards White Arrow From Bar, Wedge-Tailed Rightwards Arrow. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Variation Selector-16 (16), Rightwards Arrow With (14), Leftwards Arrow With (13). Single-character values span U+02C2 to U+1F53D.
Browse arrow symbols by type
←⇐⇄↚↜
Left arrows
121 entries
→↔⇒➜➤
Right arrows
147 entries
↑↓↕↟↡
Up and down arrows
85 entries
⇎⇕⇖⇗⇘
Paired and mathematical arrows
18 entries
↖↗↘↙↭
Other related forms
126 entries
What is actually in these arrow symbols
Encoded span for arrow symbols
Single-character entries cover U+02C2 to U+1F53D, breaking down by general category as symbol 480.
How the official names cluster
Sorting every formal name puts Variation Selector-16 (16), Rightwards Arrow With (14), Leftwards Arrow With (13) at the top.
How the multi-part entries are built
Of the sequences, 0 rely on a zero-width joiner and 16 on a variation selector; 8 code points is the longest single entry.
Narrowing it down
Watch out for Leftwards Arrow next to Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal To. They are different characters: U+2190 and U+2B4A. Right arrows is the safe default at 147 entries.
Save paired and mathematical arrows for when you mean exactly that. Want colour? Pick one of the 52 emoji.
Want it to match your text? Pick one of the 445 plain ones. Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
Unicode contains arrows for ordinary direction, mathematical mappings, keyboard notation and specialized diagrams. Their names often reveal the intended distinction.
445Symbol
Monochrome characters you can style like text. 90% here.
35Emoji or pictograph
Colour artwork, supplied by the platform. 7% here.
17Emoji sequence
Multi-code-point emoji held together by joiners. 3% here.
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Arrow Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
This page has 497 arrow symbols to copy. Most of them, 147 in all, are right arrows. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. Watch the 52 emoji. Unlike the 445 plain ones, you cannot change how they look.
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5 groups, not one list
They split into left arrows, right arrows and up and down arrows. Right arrows leads with 147.
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Encoding, and why coverage varies
They come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (143), Supplemental Arrows-B (130) and Arrows (128). Across U+02C2 to U+1F53D, support gets patchy at the newer end.
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Two that look alike
Compare Leftwards Arrow with Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal To. Same shape, different code point.
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17 entries are sequences
Half-copying breaks 17 of these. Take the whole value.
Terms worth knowing
The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these arrow symbols.
Left arrows
Right arrows
Up and down arrows
Paired and mathematical arrows
Other related forms
Arrow
Direction
Pointer
Navigation
Leftwards
Clockwise
Semicircle
Quick comparison
Type
Examples
Good for
Watch for
Left arrows
← ⇐ ⇄
Navigation and directional notes
Using ⇒ as a decorative substitute where it means implication
Right arrows
→ ↔ ⇒
Flow diagrams and process steps
Choosing direction without checking left-to-right or right-to-left context
Up and down arrows
↑ ↓ ↕
Legends, swatches and text layouts
Using an unlabeled arrow for an ambiguous interface action
Paired and mathematical arrows
⇎ ⇕ ⇖
Navigation and directional notes
Using ⇒ as a decorative substitute where it means implication
What the arrow symbols inventory actually contains
Every figure below is counted from the 497 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (143), Supplemental Arrows-B (130) and Arrows (128).
Group
Entries
Examples
Code points
Usual presentation
Left arrows
121
← ⇐ ⇄
U+2190–U+21D0
Text presentation
Right arrows
147
→ ↔ ⇒
U+2192–U+27A4
Text presentation
Up and down arrows
85
↑ ↓ ↕
U+2191–U+21A1
Text presentation
Paired and mathematical arrows
18
⇎ ⇕ ⇖
U+21CE–U+21D8
Text presentation
Other related forms
126
↖ ↗ ↘
U+2196–U+21AD
Emoji presentation
Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.
Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.
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How to use arrow symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Navigation and directional notes
Leftwards Arrow is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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Flow diagrams and process steps
When handling flow diagrams and process steps, the 147 right arrows entries are the obvious pool, and let visual weight settle the final choice.
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Legends, swatches and text layouts
When creating legends, swatches and text layouts, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready arrow symbols examples for navigation and directional notes
Navigation and directional notes← Arrow reference
Flow diagrams and process steps← → ↑
Legends, swatches and text layouts↑ arrow ←
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Typing arrow symbols without copying them
Copying is quicker, but these are typeable too. On Windows the alt code is the character's decimal code point; in Word the hexadecimal followed by Alt X does the same job without a keypad.
Character
Name
Windows
Hex
HTML
←
Leftwards Arrow
Alt 8592
2190
←
↷
Clockwise Top Semicircle Arrow
Alt 8631
21B7
↷
⇪
Upwards White Arrow From Bar
Alt 8682
21EA
⇪
➼
Wedge-Tailed Rightwards Arrow
Alt 10172
27BC
➼
⬻
Leftwards Two-Headed Arrow With Tail
Alt 11067
2B3B
⬻
⭊
Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal To
Alt 11082
2B4A
⭊
Alt codes need a physical numeric keypad and stop at U+FFFF. 16 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 17 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. For the Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile detail, read the keyboard guide.
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How arrow symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Unicode keeps 36% of these in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. The rest come from Supplemental Arrows-B and Arrows. You get two behaviours here.
445 are plain text. The other 52 are emoji, so the system picks their colour, not you. Unicode files the emoji ones under Symbols and Objects.
17 are built from more than one character. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. Some are as recent as Emoji 1.0, so old devices may draw an empty box.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
480Single characters
17Sequences
52Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with arrow symbols
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Using ⇒ as a decorative substitute where it means implication.
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Choosing direction without checking left-to-right or right-to-left context.
3
Using an unlabeled arrow for an ambiguous interface action.
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Arrow Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Leftwards Arrow and Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal To?+
U+2190 is Leftwards Arrow; U+2B4A is Leftwards Arrow Above Almost Equal To. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.
What is the HTML code for leftwards arrow?+
Either reference works: ← or ←. Both resolve to ←. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Which arrow symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
445 of the 497 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 52 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Why does one of these arrow symbols split apart when I paste it?+
17 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these arrow symbols in?+
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows holds most of them — 143 characters; the rest come from Supplemental Arrows-B and Arrows. That matters because a font either supports a block broadly or barely at all.
Will these arrow symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 1.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
The Symbol Maker assembles any of these into a framed, copyable line. The full set of converters, inspectors and previews sits in the Unicode tools hub.
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The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated: the 497 entries are counted directly. The Unicode 17.0 character database supplies every formal name and category here, and the emoji data files decide which entries carry emoji properties.