Arrows (Unicode block)

For a list of all arrows encoded in Unicode, see Arrow (symbol) § Unicode.

Unicode block

Unicode character block

Arrows

Range| U+2190..U+21FF
(112 code points)
Plane| BMP
Scripts| Common
Assigned| 112 code points
Unused| 0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)| 91 (+91)
3.0 (1999)| 100 (+9)
3.2 (2002)| 112 (+12)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

This article contains Unicode arrow characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of arrows.

Arrows is a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows.

## Block

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Arrows[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F
U+219x  |  <- |  ↑ |  -> |  ↓ | ↔ |  ↕ | ↖ | ↗ | ↘ | ↙ | ↚ | ↛ | ↜ | ↝ | ↞ | ↟
U+21Ax  | ↠ | ↡ | ↢ | ↣ | ↤ | ↥ | ↦ | ↧ |  ↨ | ↩ | ↪ | ↫ | ↬ | ↭ | ↮ | ↯
U+21Bx  | ↰ | ↱ | ↲ | ↳ | ↴ | ↵ | ↶ | ↷ | ↸ | ↹ | ↺ | ↻ | ↼ | ↽ | ↾ | ↿
U+21Cx  | ⇀ | ⇁ | ⇂ | ⇃ | ⇄ | ⇅ | ⇆ | ⇇ | ⇈ | ⇉ | ⇊ | ⇋ | ⇌ | ⇍ | ⇎ | ⇏
U+21Dx  | ⇐ | ⇑ | ⇒ | ⇓ | ⇔ | ⇕ | ⇖ | ⇗ | ⇘ | ⇙ | ⇚ | ⇛ | ⇜ | ⇝ | ⇞ | ⇟
U+21Ex  | ⇠ | ⇡ | ⇢ | ⇣ | ⇤ | ⇥ | ⇦ | ⇧ | ⇨ | ⇩ | ⇪ | ⇫ | ⇬ | ⇭ | ⇮ | ⇯
U+21Fx  | ⇰ | ⇱ | ⇲ | ⇳ | ⇴ | ⇵ | ⇶ | ⇷ | ⇸ | ⇹ | ⇺ | ⇻ | ⇼ | ⇽ | ⇾ | ⇿
Notes

1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

## Emoji

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The Arrows block contains eight emoji: U+2194–U+2199 and U+21A9–U+21AA.[3][4]

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji, all of which default to a text presentation.[5]

Emoji variation sequences  U+ | 2194 | 2195 | 2196 | 2197 | 2198 | 2199 | 21A9 | 21AA

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base code point | ↔ | ↕ | ↖ | ↗ | ↘ | ↙ | ↩ | ↪
base+VS15 (text) | ↔︎ | ↕︎ | ↖︎ | ↗︎ | ↘︎ | ↙︎ | ↩︎ | ↪︎
base+VS16 (emoji) | ↔️ | ↕️ | ↖️ | ↗️ | ↘️ | ↙️ | ↩️ | ↪️

## History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arrows block:

Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document

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1.0.0 | U+2190..21EA | 91 |  |  | (to be determined)
L2/99-176R |  | Moore, Lisa (1999-11-04), "Motion 80-M22", Minutes from the joint UTC/L2 meeting in Seattle, June 8-10, 1999
L2/10-351 | N3897 | "6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", Proposal to incorporate symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009 and Amendment 1 into the UCS, 2010-09-21
L2/10-448 |  | Constable, Peter (2010-10-30), "6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", UTC Liaison Report from WG2
L2/11-438[b][c] | N4182 | Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
L2/12-302 | N4317 | Pentzlin, Karl (2012-10-08), Revised proposal to incorporate the symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009
3.0 | U+21EB..21F3 | 9 |  | N1138 | LaBonté, Alain (1995-01-30), Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646
| N1203 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.6", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
| N1303 (html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-01-26), Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo
L2/97-128 | N1564 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-15), Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket")
L2/97-167 | N1625 | Suignard, Michel (1997-07-03), Report of ad hoc group on keyboard symbols
| N1669 | Position on PDAM-NN - Symbols - ref N1625, 1997-08-05
L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "7.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/98-005R | N1682 | Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot, 1997-12-17
| N1830 (html, doc) | Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 22 - Symbols, 1998-04-15
| N1816R | Paterson, Bruce (1998-09-22), Disposition of comments on PDAM.22 (2nd draft)
L2/98-320 | N1898 | ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols, 1998-10-22
| N1897 | Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-22), Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191
L2/99-010 | N1903 (pdf, html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/99-126 |  | Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols
3.2 | U+21F4 | 1 | L2/01-142[d] | N2336 | Beeton, Barbara; Freytag, Asmus; Ion, Patrick (2001-04-02), Additional Mathematical Symbols
L2/01-156 | N2356 | Freytag, Asmus (2001-04-03), Additional Mathematical Characters (Draft 10)
L2/01-344 | N2353 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "7.7 Mathematical Symbols", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001
U+21F5..21FF | 11 | L2/00-119[d] | N2191R | Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode
L2/00-234 | N2203 (rtf, txt) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.18", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/00-115R2 |  | Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M11", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83

1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
2. ^ See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429
3. ^ Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents
4. ^ a b Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents

## See also

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* Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
* Unicode input

## References

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1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. ^ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
4. ^ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
5. ^ "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.