U+1F8B0 "🢰" Arrow Pointing Upwards Then North West Unicode Character

U+1F8B0 "🢰" Arrow Pointing Upwards Then North West is a specialized typographic symbol included in the Unicode Standard’s Supplemental Arrows-C block, which was introduced to expand the range of directional and composite arrow glyphs for technical documentation, cartography, and interface design. This character depicts an arrow that initially points straight upward before bending to the left, indicating a northwesterly direction in navigational contexts or a two-part path in diagrams and flowcharts. Its unique shape allows for precise representation of turns or compound directional instructions without requiring multiple characters or manual graphic creation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F8B0
Version Added	13.0
Name	Arrow Pointing Upwards Then North West
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 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDCB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F8B0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udcb0

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