U+1F8A9 "🢩" Rightwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F8A9 "🢩" Rightwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White Arrow is a specialized graphic symbol within the Unicode standard's Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, depicting a white arrow that points to the right while its shaft is tilted backward and it bears a subtle shadow effect, giving it a three-dimensional appearance. This character was primarily designed for use in documentation, retro computing, and user interface diagrams where directions or movements need to be indicated with visual depth or a distinct aesthetic. Its inclusion helps preserve and represent historical computer interface symbols and text-based graphics from earlier systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F8A9 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Rightwards Back-Tilted Shadowed 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDCA9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F8A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udca9 |
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 |