What ⮶ means
Seven other ribbon arrows share its Unicode set. Their names pair left or right with up or down in different combinations.
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 2BB6, 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 left down”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2bb6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⮶CSS
\2BB6Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮶
HTML hex
⮶
CSS content
content: "\2BB6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%B6
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.