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⭡

upwards triangle-headed arrow

Upwards triangle-headed arrow

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⭡ is a plain up arrow with a solid triangular head. It points up, and in context it can stand for above, increase or "see above". It is a text symbol, not an emoji, and it is a different character from the everyday arrow .

Text symbol

What ⭡ means

Same meaning, different character and a bolder head.

⭡ belongs to a set of four arrows ( ⭡ ) with neat matching triangular heads, rooted in the symbols printed on keyboard keys. The common up arrow is a separate character. They look alike, but find-and-replace in a document treats them as different, so pick one and use it consistently.

Because ⭡ is a text symbol, its look comes from the font. Font support varies, and a font that lacks it may show an empty box or another placeholder. If your reader might see a box, is the safer choice.

Part of the collection

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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Back to the top of the page.
The Konami code cheat sequence.
Numbers going up.
Upvote this.

Worth knowing

  • A 2018 Unicode document matched ⭡ to symbol 31 of ISO/IEC 9995-7, the standard for symbols printed on keyboard keys; that standard draws the arrowhead hollow.

Questions people ask

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Is ⭡ an emoji?

No. It is a plain text symbol, so it takes the colour of the text around it. The emoji up arrow is .

How to type or find ⭡

Search it as
up arrow · upward arrow · triangle arrow · arrow up symbol · U+2B61 · ⭡
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2B61, then AltX 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 “upwards triangle-headed arrow”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2b61, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⭡
CSS
\2B61
Windows (Word)
Type 2B61, then press AltX.
macOS
Enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option and type 2B61.
Linux (GNOME/GTK)
Press CtrlShiftU, type 2b61, then Space or Enter.
HTML
⭡
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⭡
HTML hex
⭡
CSS content
content: "\2B61";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AD%A1
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.

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