What ⮝ means
⮝ is the black upwards equilateral arrowhead. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⮝ is a single code point, U+2B9D. In HTML that is ⮝, and in CSS \2B9D.
Don't confuse it with
4⮙⮜⮞⮟
Three-D Right-Lighted Upwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “equilateral”, “upwards”
Black Leftwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Black Rightwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Black Downwards Equilateral Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “black”, “equilateral”
Questions people ask
1Why does ⮝ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⮝
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2B9D, then Alt+X to get ⮝.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “black upwards equilateral arrowhead”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b9d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⮝CSS
\2B9DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮝
HTML hex
⮝
CSS content
content: "\2B9D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%9D
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.