U+1F823 "🠣" Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft Unicode Character

U+1F823 "🠣" Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft is a specialized arrow symbol that features a solid triangular arrowhead pointing downward, connected to a notably thin or narrow vertical shaft. It belongs to the Supplemental Arrows-C block, designed for technical, mathematical, or diagrammatic contexts where directional flow or movement must be indicated with precision. Unlike standard down arrows, its narrow shaft allows it to be placed in tight spaces or alongside other fine typographic elements without visual clutter, making it useful in mapping, user interface design, or scientific notation where clarity of direction is paramount.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F823
Version Added	7.0
Name	Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow with Narrow Shaft
Block	Supplemental Arrows-C
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🠣
HTML Hex Encoding	🠣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0xA0 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC23
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F823
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc23

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other