U+2B5C "⭜" Slanted North Arrow with Horizontal Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⭜
U+2B5C "⭜" Slanted North Arrow with Horizontal Tail is a graphic symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, designed for directional or mapping applications. It features an arrowhead pointing diagonally upward and to the right, representing a northward direction with a slight eastward slant, attached to a short horizontal line that serves as its tail or base. This character is primarily used in technical diagrams, wayfinding systems, or astronavigation contexts where a combination of a slanted orientation and a stable horizontal reference is needed to indicate a precise heading.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B5C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Slanted North Arrow with Horizontal Tail |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b5c |
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 |