U+1F87D "🡽" Wide-Headed North East Heavy Barb Arrow Unicode Character

U+1F87D "🡽" Wide-Headed North East Heavy Barb Arrow is a typographic symbol belonging to the Supplemental Arrows-C block, designed to represent a thick, directional arrow with a broad head and barbs, pointing diagonally toward the upper right. This character is used in technical diagrams, digital interfaces, and map notation to convey a strong or emphasized northeastward direction, and it is distinct from simpler arrow glyphs due to its heavy stroke width and barbed design, which suggest increased force or weight in directional communication. Its inclusion in Unicode supports specialized documentation, such as in engineering or mathematical contexts, where precise directional symbols are required.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F87D
Version Added	7.0
Name	Wide-Headed North East Heavy 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 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC7D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F87D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc7d

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