U+27BD "➽" Heavy Wedge-Tailed Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
➽
U+27BD "➽" Heavy Wedge-Tailed Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol first introduced in Unicode version 6.0, featuring a bold, prominent arrowhead with a distinctive wedge shaped tail that tapers toward the left. It is frequently used in digital contexts to indicate direction, emphasis, progression, or a call to action, particularly in bulleted lists, diagrams, or user interface elements where a strong visual cue is needed. Despite its somewhat whimsical appearance, the arrow is a standard character within the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, making it available across compatible fonts and systems for both decorative and functional purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+27BD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Wedge-Tailed Rightwards Arrow |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Heavy Wedge-Tailed 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 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x27BD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000027BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u27bd |
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 |