What 🢥 means
It points right, usually toward a next step or destination.
The arrow itself long predates this glyph. A treatise published in 1737 used arrows for water flow and wheel rotation. Maps in the eighteenth century used them for river direction. During the nineteenth century, arrow designs grew more abstract as realistic feathering disappeared; by 1922, arrows could express logical implication. Wingdings is a family of symbol fonts whose original fonts appeared in 1992. A 2011 Unicode proposal explains that Wingdings and Webdings symbols often used font-specific private-use code slots or special menus, making them hard to exchange.
What does 🢥 mean when someone sends it?
Read it as direction or sequence; the surrounding message tells you what to follow.
Alone, it can point toward an unstated destination or next step; before a label, it cues what to open or follow. The shaded body changes the style, not the direction.
It reads more like a designed sign than casual chat; it fits labels, diagrams, and process steps.
If the recipient sees a box, use when direction matters more than the shaded design.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA direction cue with no named target; the conversation supplies what to follow.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 🢥 show as a box?
It can. If the selected font lacks this character, an app or browser may show a missing-glyph box or use another font’s design. In 2026, display still depends on which fonts are available.
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How to type or find 🢥
- Search it as
- wingdings 3 arrow · wingdings arrow · shaded arrow · right-shaded arrow · shadowed arrow · arrow for next
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
🢥\1F8A5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.