What ⭢ means
It directs the eye to what comes next.
In a label, this triangle arrow can connect a place to its next step, as in “Settings ⭢ Privacy”; in notes, it can show a sequence: “draft ⭢ review ⭢ publish.”
What is ⭢’s technical connection?
Its documented link is to keyboard-symbol notation.
A 2017 proposal to Unicode, the standard that gives text characters stable identities, maps ⭢ to symbol 34 in ISO/IEC 9995-7, a standard for keyboard symbols.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ⭢ look different in another app?
The selected font draws the character, so its stroke weight and head proportions can vary across apps. If a font lacks it, a replacement box or another fallback symbol may appear.
How to type ⭢
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2B62, 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 triangle-headed arrow”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b62, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⭢CSS
\2B62Windows Word
To type U+2B62 in Word, enter 2B62 and press Alt+X.
HTML
Write ⭢ in HTML source; the browser displays ⭢.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭢
HTML hex
⭢
CSS content
content: "\2B62";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%A2
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.