U+2192 "→" Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2192 "→" Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol in the Arrows block, encoded to represent direction, progression, or a logical mapping from one element to another. It is widely used in mathematics, computer science, and written text to indicate a result, a step in a process, or a cause and effect relationship, such as in the notation "x → y" for a function. In digital contexts, it often appears in menus, user interfaces, and informal communication to signify movement forward or a link to more information, making it one of the most universally recognized and versatile arrow characters in the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2192 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Rightwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Right Arrow |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | → |
| HTML Hex Encoding | → |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x86 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2192 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002192 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2192 |