U+1F843 "🡃" Downwards Heavy Compressed Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F843 "🡃" Downwards Heavy Compressed Arrow is a symbolic glyph within the Dingbats block, designed to represent a downward pointing arrow with a notably thick, short, and compressed shaft. Its bold and compact form makes it suitable for use in signage, user interface design, or technical documentation where a clear, heavy directional indicator is needed without taking up too much visual space. As part of the broader set of arrow symbols in Unicode, it conveys a straightforward downward direction while its "compressed" styling gives it a distinct, sturdy appearance compared to standard thin arrows.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F843 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Downwards Heavy Compressed 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 0xA1 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDC43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F843 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udc43 |
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 |