What ➢ means
➢ is the three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowhead. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Dingbats block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
➢ is a single code point, U+27A2. In HTML that is ➢, and in CSS \27A2.
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 27A2, 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 “three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowhead”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 27a2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
➢CSS
\27A2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
➢
HTML hex
➢
CSS content
content: "\27A2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9E%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.