What ⮷ means
Follow it from rightward travel toward a lower point.
Nearby labels show what is moving or changing.
Where did the Wingdings arrow come from?
That proposal lists the design as Wingdings glyph w-1202. The ribbon-arrow set joined Unicode's expanded arrow repertoire in 2014.
Related characters
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Ribbon Arrow Down Left
One of the other ribbon arrows; this route bends down-left.
Ribbon Arrow Down Right
Same Unicode set; its route bends down-right.
Ribbon Arrow Up Right
Same Unicode set; its route bends up-right.
Ribbon Arrow Left Up
Same Unicode set; it turns left, then up.
Ribbon Arrow Right Up
Same Unicode set; it turns right, then up.
Ribbon Arrow Left Down
Same Unicode set; it turns left, then down.
Questions people ask
1Why does the ribbon arrow show as a box?
Your font has no glyph for this character, so it shows a missing-character box. The text may still contain ⮷.
More like this
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How to type or find ⮷
- Search it as
- ribbon arrow · bent ribbon arrow · Wingdings arrow · arrow turning down
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⮷CSS
\2BB7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮷
HTML hex
⮷
CSS content
content: "\2BB7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%B7
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.