U+27B9 "➹" Heavy Black-Feathered North East Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+27B9 "➹" Heavy Black-Feathered North East Arrow is a typographic symbol classified under the Dingbats block, designed to represent a thick, solid arrow pointing diagonally upward and to the right. Its design features a heavy, black arrowhead with stylized feather-like notches along its shaft, giving it a dense, ornamental appearance. This character is often used in digital contexts to indicate direction, progress, or movement, and it adds a bold, decorative emphasis when included in text, signage, or user interface elements.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+27B9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Black-Feathered North East Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Heavy Black-Feathered 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x27B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000027B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u27b9 |
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 |