What ⭆ means
To complete a quadruple-arrow set missing its horizontal directions.
Unicode already had quadruple arrows pointing up and down. During a review of a typeface being developed for STIX, a project for mathematical and scientific publishers, reviewers noticed that earlier requests had omitted the left and right orientations. The proposal based the new glyphs on rotated versions of the upward 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 ⭆
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2B46, 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 “rightwards quadruple arrow”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b46, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⭆CSS
\2B46Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭆
HTML hex
⭆
CSS content
content: "\2B46";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%86
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.