U+1F89B "🢛" Downwards Arrow with Notched Tail Unicode Character

U+1F89B "🢛" Downwards Arrow with Notched Tail is a typographic symbol that depicts a downward-pointing arrow whose shaft features a distinctive notch or cleft cut into one side of its tail, distinguishing it from simpler arrow designs. It belongs to the Supplemental Arrows-C block, which is used in technical notation, mathematics, and diagramming to convey directionality with additional formal or functional specificity. This particular arrow’s notched tail may indicate a specialized meaning in contexts such as flowcharts, circuit diagrams, or linguistic annotation, where subtle variations in arrow shape help clarify relationships like transformation, mapping, or restricted movement. While not commonly found in everyday text, it serves as a precise tool for experts who require a nuanced visual vocabulary for directional indicators.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F89B
Version Added	7.0
Name	Downwards Arrow with Notched Tail
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 0xA2 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDC9B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F89B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udc9b

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