U+27AC "➬" Front-Tilted Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+27AC "➬" Front-Tilted Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Dingbats block, characterized by a hollow white arrowhead with a three-dimensional shadowed effect and a subtle forward tilt, giving it a slightly dynamic or italicized appearance. It is designed for use in decorative, ornamental, or instructional contexts where a stylized directional indicator is needed, such as in signage, lists, or user interface elements, to draw attention or indicate progression without the starkness of a solid black arrow. This glyph combines aesthetic flair with functional clarity, standing out through its shading and angular offset to visually imply motion or emphasis toward the right.

General Properties

Code Point U+27AC
Version Added 1.1
Name Front-Tilted Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow
Unicode 1.0 Name Front-Tilted Shadowed White 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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x27AC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000027AC
C/C++/Java Escape \u27ac

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