U+1F873 "🡳" Wide-Headed Downwards Medium Barb Arrow Unicode Character

U+1F873 "🡳" Wide-Headed Downwards Medium Barb Arrow is a typographic symbol classified under the block "Supplemental Arrows C," designed for precise diagrammatic and directional notation in digital text. It features a notably broad arrowhead with a medium barb on each side of the shaft, indicating a downward trajectory with moderate visual emphasis, distinct from simpler arrow variants. This character is typically used in technical documentation, user interface designs, or mapping systems where a stylized but explicit downward pointer is required, allowing for clear conveyance of movement or orientation without relying on images.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F873
Version Added	7.0
Name	Wide-Headed Downwards Medium Barb 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 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC73
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F873
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc73

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