U+2198 "↘" South East Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2198 "↘" South East Arrow is a graphical symbol that represents a direction pointing diagonally downward and to the right. It is part of the Arrows block in Unicode, which includes a wide range of directional indicators used in mathematics, user interfaces, maps, and textual notation. This arrow is frequently employed to denote movement, progression, or a decrease, such as in stock market charts where it might indicate a decline in value, or in menus and software to signal navigating to the lower right corner. In mathematical contexts, it can express convergence or mapping toward a southeast direction, and its simple, angled design makes it a versatile tool for visual communication across digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2198 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | South East Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Lower Right Arrow |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ↘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ↘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x86 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2198 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002198 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2198 |