What ⮱ means
The direction words are ordered. ⮱ names down, then right; its sibling ⮷ names right, then down. Unicode groups also include ⮰ (down-left) and ⮳ (up-right).
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 ⮱
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2BB1, 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 “ribbon arrow down right”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2bb1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⮱CSS
\2BB1Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮱
HTML hex
⮱
CSS content
content: "\2BB1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%B1
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.