What ➬ means
It points right to show direction or continuation.
The shadowed right arrow is a dingbat, a typographic symbol used in print for practical signs and page ornament. One source for Unicode's Dingbats repertoire is ITC Zapf Dingbats, a symbol typeface designed in 1978. ➬ belongs to the same documented typographic run of white and shadowed right arrows as ➫ and ➭.
Is ➬ an emoji or a font symbol?
It is a text symbol drawn by the active font.
One font may draw the shadow sharply; another may flatten it or make the arrow heavier. Use this dingbat arrow when direction matters and a decorative finish fits; if someone sends it alone, read it as “right” or “next” only when nearby text supports that reading.
A decorative directional mark; it fits headings and layouts better than routine chat.
Another font can flatten the shadow or thicken the arrow.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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 ➬
➬\27ACCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.