U+2799 "➙" Heavy Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
➙
U+2799 "➙" Heavy Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Dingbats block, specifically designed as a thick, bold arrow pointing to the right. It is commonly used in digital text to indicate direction, progression, or a call to action, such as in user interfaces or instructional guides where emphasis is needed. Unlike a regular thin arrow, its heavier stroke conveys a stronger sense of movement or importance. This character is encoded as a single code point in Unicode, making it distinct from simpler ASCII arrows, and it is widely supported across modern fonts and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2799 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Rightwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Heavy Right Arrow |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ➙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ➙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9E 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2799 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002799 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2799 |
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 |