U+204D "⁍" Black Rightwards Bullet Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+204D "⁍" Black Rightwards Bullet is a typographic symbol classified within the General Punctuation block, designed to function as a visual marker or pointer in text. Its distinct appearance, a solid black arrowhead pointing to the right, makes it useful for indicating direction, separating items in a list, or drawing attention to a specific piece of information without resorting to standard dashes or asterisks. While not as commonly used as the regular bullet point, it carries a more emphatic or directional quality, often appearing in technical documentation, menus, or decorative layouts where a rightward flow or progression needs to be subtly suggested.

General Properties

Code Point U+204D
Version Added 3.0
Name Black Rightwards Bullet
Block General Punctuation
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⁍
HTML Hex Encoding ⁍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x81 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x204D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000204D
C/C++/Java Escape \u204d

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
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other