U+21E7 "⇧" Upwards White Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⇧
U+21E7 "⇧" Upwards White Arrow is a typographic symbol officially named "Upwards White Arrow" and belongs to the Arrows block, commonly recognized as the standard symbol for the Shift key on computer keyboards. Its design features a hollow, upward-pointing arrow, often used in user interfaces and documentation to indicate a shift action, elevation, or an increase in value. This character has a specific codepoint in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent representation across different platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21E7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Upwards White Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | White Up 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 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21e7 |