U+27AF "➯" Notched Lower Right-Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
➯
U+27AF "➯" Notched Lower Right-Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Dingbats block, designed to represent a directional arrow with a distinctive three-dimensional appearance. Its form combines a white, open arrowhead pointing to the right with a notched cutout on the lower right side and a subtle shadow effect, which gives it a sense of depth and pressing emphasis. This character is often used in digital interfaces, signage, or documents to draw attention to a next step, forward movement, or a call to action, and its specific design sets it apart from simpler arrow glyphs by adding a stylistic, ornamental quality.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+27AF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Notched Lower Right-Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Notched Lower Right-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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x27AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000027AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u27af |
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 |