U+20D7 "" Combining Right Arrow Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Math Source: Browser Default

U+20D7 "" Combining Right Arrow Above is a diacritical mark used in combination with preceding base characters to indicate a vector quantity or directional notation in mathematical and scientific contexts. It is placed directly over a letter, such as a variable, to denote that it represents a vector, as in v⃗ for velocity. This combining character belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks block and is designed to overlay seamlessly onto the preceding glyph without altering its spacing. The rightward pointing arrow symbol above the base character provides a clear visual representation of directionality, distinguishing vectors from scalar values in written formulas. Its usage is standard in mathematical typesetting and is supported by most modern digital text rendering systems.

General Properties

Code Point
U+20D7
Name
Combining Right Arrow Above
Unicode 1.0 Name
Non-Spacing Right Arrow Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⃗
HTML Hex Encoding
⃗
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x83 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x20D7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000020D7
C/C++/Java Escape
\u20d7