What 🠅 means
Use a Unicode input method for this exact arrow.
In an editor that accepts hexadecimal Unicode input, enter 1F805 and run its conversion command. Otherwise, select it from your system’s character picker; keystrokes vary by app.
Why does this arrow look like a Wingdings symbol?
Its computer-icon design comes from a family shaped by symbol fonts. The Wingdings arrow design belongs to the computer-icon family: Microsoft dates its design work to 1990–1991 and its release to 1992. These fonts supplied computer and interface icons, including arrows for pointing and indicating. In 2011, Unicode proposals brought Wingdings and Webdings glyphs forward for assigned text characters, so documents would not depend on a particular symbol font.
Diagrammatic and technical; it reads as a direction or layout cue more than an emotional reply.
“Up” alone does not say whether to increase, continue, move, or select.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsDon't confuse it with
3Questions people ask
1Why does 🠅 show as a box?
The character is present, but the selected font lacks a drawing for it. Choose a font that includes this arrow, or let the app use another font.
How to type 🠅
🠅\1F805Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.