What 🡘 means
Use Unicode input for 1F858, or type n in Wingdings 3.
In an editor with a Unicode character picker, enter 1F858; the shortcut varies by system. The Wingdings 3 route depends on that font, so changing typefaces may turn the glyph back into an ordinary n.
What does 🡘 mean?
It marks movement or a link in both directions.
Read it as “left and right,” “back and forth,” or “two-way.” In a diagram or label, it links two endpoints without choosing one as the sole direction.
Unicode's path for this font symbol runs through a 2011 working-group proposal to encode Wingdings and Webdings symbols, including an arrow repertoire. The effort separated each shape's identity from the font that first drew it, so software could preserve it across systems.
Why does 🡘 render differently?
The chosen font controls the shape you see.
The app or browser uses an available font to draw the arrow. If that font lacks its outline, a box or a substitute arrow can appear; the underlying character has not changed.
Technical and literal; it fits diagrams, labels, and wayfinding more naturally than casual conversation.
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Don't confuse it with
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1Why does 🡘 show as a box?
Font support. As of 2026, the app or browser may select a font without this outline, so choose a font that includes the arrow for the intended display.
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How to type or find 🡘
- Search it as
- two-way arrow · bidirectional arrow · 2-way arrow · Wingdings 3 arrow · back-and-forth arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
🡘\1F858Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.