U+1F8A7 "🢧" Rightwards Left-Shaded White Arrow Unicode Character

U+1F8A7 "🢧" Rightwards Left-Shaded White Arrow is a directional symbol that depicts an arrow pointing to the right, with its left side shaded to create a subtle three dimensional or gradient effect while the rest of the arrow body remains white. This glyph belongs to the Supplemental Arrows C block of the Unicode standard, which contains a variety of specialized arrow shapes used primarily in technical notation, map design, and diagramming. Its design distinguishes it from simpler unshaded arrows by adding visual emphasis to the starting edge, making it useful for indicating movement, direction, or progression in contexts where a plain arrow might not provide enough contrast or clarity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F8A7
Version Added	7.0
Name	Rightwards Left-Shaded White 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 0xA2 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDCA7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F8A7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udca7

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