U+279A "➚" Heavy North East Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+279A "➚" Heavy North East Arrow is a typographic symbol representing a thick or bold arrow pointing in the northeast direction, commonly used in digital interfaces, signage, or documentation to indicate movement, progression, or an upward and rightward trajectory. It belongs to the Dingbats block in the Unicode standard, and its heavy line weight distinguishes it as a more emphatic or decorative directional indicator compared to lighter arrow variants. The character is often employed to convey concepts of growth, enhancement, or an increase in value, as well as to draw attention to a specific element or navigate users through a sequence of steps.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+279A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy North East Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Heavy Upper 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 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x279A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000279A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u279a |
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 |