U+2978 "⥸" Greater-than Above Rightwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⥸
U+2978 "⥸" Greater-than Above Rightwards Arrow is a typographic symbol that vertically combines a greater-than sign with a rightward arrow, placing the inequality symbol above the arrow's shaft. It belongs to the Supplemental Arrows-B block and is primarily used in mathematical notation, logic, and formal language contexts to denote a specialized relational operation or a directional mapping that incorporates a comparison of magnitude. The glyph serves as a concise visual shorthand for representing sequences, transformations, or implications where a greater-than condition precedes or governs a rightward progression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2978 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Greater-than Above Rightwards 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 0xA5 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2978 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002978 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2978 |
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 |