U+279B "➛" Drafting Point Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
➛
U+279B "➛" Drafting Point Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol designed for use in drafting and technical documentation, featuring a distinctive open, single-line arrowhead that points to the right with a slight upward angle at its tip. It belongs to the Dingbats block in Unicode, specifically within the range of arrows and ornamental shapes often employed in diagrams, flowcharts, and layout annotations. This character serves a functional role, bridging traditional drafting practices with digital text by providing a clear, non ambiguous directional marker that is visually distinct from standard arrow symbols or mathematical arrows.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+279B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Drafting Point Rightwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Drafting Point 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x279B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000279B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u279b |
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 |