What ↳ means
It hangs that line under the one above it. The shape draws the link: a line drops from the item above and turns right into the new line, the way an outline or a family tree connects a branch to its parent. So "Trip ideas" followed by "↳ Lisbon" and "↳ Porto" reads as two options under one heading, and "Meeting moved ↳ now Thursday" reads as a detail of the first statement.
The same logic covers its other everyday jobs: marking a reply or comment under a post in notes and documents, showing a result ("Step 3 ↳ save the file"), and leading the eye from a profile bio or caption to the link or detail on the next line.
What does it mean when someone sends it?
A pointer, not a feeling. ↳ carries no tone of its own. In a message it usually says "here's the follow-up" or "this answers the line above". Sent alone, it most likely means "see what comes next" or that a list lost its formatting; ask rather than read a mood into it.
Neutral and tidy: it organises text and says nothing about mood.
Don't read it as the Enter key ; that arrow points left.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsA sub-item, detail or reply belonging to the line above.
Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
3Questions people ask
2Is ↳ an emoji?
No. It is an ordinary text symbol, so it takes the colour and style of the surrounding font and looks slightly different from one app to another.
Can I use ↳ in an Instagram or TikTok bio?
Yes. Bios accept it as normal text; it shows wherever the viewer's font includes it, which most phones and computers do.
Collections with ↳
15How to type or find ↳
- Also called
- rdsh · bent arrow · down-right arrow
- Search it as
- sub-item arrow · reply arrow · indent arrow · arrow down then right · L arrow · bent right arrow · right angle arrow · thread arrow · subdirectory arrow · elbow arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
↳\21B3Why is ↳ a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.






