U+2B4F "⭏" Short Backslanted South Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⭏
U+2B4F "⭏" Short Backslanted South Arrow is a typographic symbol classified within the Dingbats block, representing an arrow pointing downward with a distinct backward or leftward slant to its shaft. It is primarily used in technical contexts such as diagrams, flowcharts, and interface design to indicate a specific directional movement or a non-standard downward trajectory, where its angled form provides clarity that a straightforward vertical arrow might not convey in dense graphical or symbolic notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B4F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Short Backslanted South Arrow |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⭏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⭏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAD 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b4f |
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 |