U+1F8D3 "🣓" Short Rightwards Harpoon Above Long Leftwards Harpoon Unicode Character

U+1F8D3 "🣓" Short Rightwards Harpoon Above Long Leftwards Harpoon is a specialized typographical symbol used primarily in mathematical notation and technical diagrams to represent bidirectional vector relationships or a specific interaction between two directional forces where a shorter motion points to the right over a longer motion pointing to the left. This character belongs to the Supplemental Arrows-C block, which was introduced in Unicode 7.0 to provide additional arrow symbols for complex mathematical and scientific documentation. Its design features two distinct horizontal arrows stacked vertically, with the top arrow being a short rightwards harpoon and the bottom arrow being a long leftwards harpoon, allowing it to convey nuanced directional information in formal writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F8D3
Version Added	17.0
Name	Short Rightwards Harpoon Above Long Leftwards Harpoon
Block	Supplemental Arrows-C
General Category	Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🣓
HTML Hex Encoding	🣓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0xA3 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDCD3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F8D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udcd3

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
Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other