What ⃕ means
The annotated symbol must come first.
A combining mark takes no spacing of its own: in text, put it directly after its base with no intervening space. Font support and mark placement affect whether it sits neatly above that base; without a base, some renderers show it over a dotted circle.
What does the clockwise rotation mark mean?
It marks clockwise rotation of the base symbol.
It belongs in mathematical and technical notation; the exact annotation depends on the base it follows and the surrounding notation.
The older Unicode name list calls it “non-spacing”; that describes how it attaches to a base, not a second meaning.
Is U+20D5 a standalone arrow?
No. It modifies a preceding symbol.
As of 2026, it has no settled everyday or chat reading. A lone mark is an incomplete annotation, not a reaction.
Technical notation; its reading depends on the symbol it modifies.
Alone, it has no base to annotate.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does U+20D5 show on a dotted circle?
It is a display fallback. Some renderers place an isolated combining mark over a dotted circle so it has something visible; the circle is not part of U+20D5.
How to type ⃕
⃕\20D5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.