What ⭍ means
⭍ is the downwards triangle-headed zigzag arrow. 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+2B4D. In HTML that is ⭍, and in CSS \2B4D.
Don't confuse it with
4⭣⭭⭳⭽
Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow
shares “arrow”, “downwards”, “headed”, “triangle”
Downwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow
shares “arrow”, “downwards”, “headed”, “triangle”
Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar
shares “arrow”, “downwards”, “headed”, “triangle”
Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Double Horizontal Stroke
shares “arrow”, “downwards”, “headed”, “triangle”
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 2B4D, 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 “downwards triangle-headed zigzag arrow”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b4d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⭍CSS
\2B4DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭍
HTML hex
⭍
CSS content
content: "\2B4D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%8D
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.