U+2931 "⤱" North East Arrow Crossing North West Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⤱
U+2931 "⤱" North East Arrow Crossing North West Arrow is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Supplemental Arrows B block, representing two arrows where one arrow pointing to the northeast crosses over an arrow pointing to the northwest. This character is used in technical contexts, such as diagrams, mathematical notation, or map legends, to indicate a crossing or intersecting directional path, often to show a conflict, intersection, or a change in direction where two movements or forces conflict or overlap. It is distinct from simpler arrow symbols due to its compound nature, conveying a specific relationship between two spatial directions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2931 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | North East Arrow Crossing North West Arrow |
| Block | Supplemental Arrows-B |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⤱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⤱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA4 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2931 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002931 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2931 |
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 |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |