U+27AC "➬" Front-Tilted Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |