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🡲 Wide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow

🡲

Unicode information

NameWide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow
Unicode nameWIDE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS MEDIUM BARB ARROW
Code pointU+1F872
HTML decimal🡲
HTML hex🡲
CSS\1f872
JavaScript\u{1F872}
CategoryArrows
Unicode17.0

Meaning of 🡲 Wide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow

The 🡲 character is listed as Wide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow in SymbolDex. Its technical Unicode name is WIDE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS MEDIUM BARB ARROW. It belongs to the arrow-symbol family and usually expresses direction, relationships, movement or progression.

Common uses

  • Direction and navigation.
  • Diagrams, processes and relationships.
  • Visual separators and cues in text.

How to type 🡲 on Windows, Mac and mobile

Windows

The universal method is to use Copy on this page and paste 🡲. On Windows 10/11 you can press Win + . and browse the Symbols section, or open Character Map (charmap) to locate characters supported by your fonts.

Mac

Press Control + Command + Space to open Character Viewer, search for Wide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow, then double-click it to insert the character.

Microsoft Word

Type 1F872 without U+, then immediately press Alt + X. Word converts the code into 🡲. You can also use Insert → Symbol.

Google Docs

Open Insert → Special characters and search by name, or paste 🡲 directly. For emoji, you can also use your operating system emoji picker.

iPhone / iPad

iOS does not provide a direct Unicode-code entry method for every symbol. Copy 🡲 from SymbolDex or check long-press variants on related keys. For frequent use, create a shortcut under Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement.

Android

Availability varies by Android keyboard. In Gboard, browse the symbols panel and long-press related keys for variants. If it is not available, copy 🡲 from SymbolDex and paste it where needed.

Linux

In many Linux apps using GTK/IBus, press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1f872, then confirm with Enter or Space. If your app does not support this method, copy and paste 🡲.

Web and programming codes

Copy the representation you need for HTML, CSS, JavaScript or Python. For emoji sequences, SymbolDex includes every code point in the correct order.

HTML decimal🡲
HTML hex🡲
CSS content\1f872
JavaScript\u{1F872}
Python\U0001F872
Unicode text🡲

Usage examples

🡲 — Wide-Headed Rightwards Medium Barb Arrow
Unicode: U+1F872
HTML: 🡲

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