U+1F8B8 "🢸" North West Arrow from Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F8B8 "🢸" North West Arrow from Bar is a typographic symbol classified under the Supplemental Arrows-C block, designed to represent a directional indicator that points to the upper left, or north west, and features a perpendicular bar at its tail end. This specific arrow shape is typically used in technical diagrams, wayfinding systems, or mathematical notation to denote movement, orientation, or a starting point from a line or barrier, though it remains a rare and specialized glyph not commonly supported in all fonts or standard text interfaces. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation for precise directional communication across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F8B8 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | North West Arrow from Bar |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDCB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F8B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udcb8 |
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 |