U+1F83A "🠺" Rightwards Squared Arrow Unicode Character

U+1F83A "🠺" Rightwards Squared Arrow is a typographic symbol belonging to the Supplemental Arrows C block, and it depicts an arrow with a square or right angled tail that points directly to the right. It is primarily used in technical diagrams, mathematical notation, and set theory to indicate a specific type of directional mapping, transformation, or functional relationship where a right angled change in direction is implied, distinguishing it from simpler straight or curved arrows. While not as common as basic arrows, this character serves specialized purposes in formal logic, computer science flowcharts, and certain types of diagrammatic reasoning where clarity about the arrow's distinct shape is important.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F83A
Version Added	7.0
Name	Rightwards Squared Arrow
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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC3A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F83A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc3a

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