U+21E1 "⇡" Upwards Dashed Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⇡
U+21E1 "⇡" Upwards Dashed Arrow is a typographic symbol that depicts an arrow pointing upward with a dashed, rather than solid, shaft and arrowhead. It is part of the Arrows block in Unicode, specifically categorized under miscellaneous arrows, and is often used in technical diagrams, mathematics, or user interface design to indicate an upward direction, movement, or a tentative or conditional action, as the dashed line can imply a less definitive or interrupted process compared to a solid arrow.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21E1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Upwards Dashed Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Up Dashed 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 0x87 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21e1 |
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 |