U+21E7 "" Upwards White Arrow Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+21E7 "" Upwards White Arrow is a typographic symbol officially named "Upwards White Arrow" and belongs to the Arrows block, commonly recognized as the standard symbol for the Shift key on computer keyboards. Its design features a hollow, upward-pointing arrow, often used in user interfaces and documentation to indicate a shift action, elevation, or an increase in value. This character has a specific codepoint in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent representation across different platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point
U+21E7
Name
Upwards White Arrow
Unicode 1.0 Name
White Up Arrow

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⇧
HTML Hex Encoding
⇧
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x87 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding
0x21E7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000021E7
C/C++/Java Escape
\u21e7