Arrows (Unicode block)

For a list of all arrows encoded in Unicode, see Arrow (symbol) § Unicode.

Arrows is a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows.

Arrows
Range	U+2190..U+21FF (112 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Common
Assigned	112 code points
Unused	0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)	91 (+91)
3.0 (1999)	100 (+9)
3.2 (2002)	112 (+12)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block

Arrows[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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8

9

A

B

C

D

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U+219x

←

↑

→

↓

↔

↕

↖

↗

↘

↙

↚

↛

↜

↝

↞

↟

U+21Ax

↠

↡

↢

↣

↤

↥

↦

↧

↨

↩

↪

↫

↬

↭

↮

↯

U+21Bx

↰

↱

↲

↳

↴

↵

↶

↷

↸

↹

↺

↻

↼

↽

↾

↿

U+21Cx

⇀

⇁

⇂

⇃

⇄

⇅

⇆

⇇

⇈

⇉

⇊

⇋

⇌

⇍

⇎

⇏

U+21Dx

⇐

⇑

⇒

⇓

⇔

⇕

⇖

⇗

⇘

⇙

⇚

⇛

⇜

⇝

⇞

⇟

U+21Ex

⇠

⇡

⇢

⇣

⇤

⇥

⇦

⇧

⇨

⇩

⇪

⇫

⇬

⇭

⇮

⇯

U+21Fx

⇰

⇱

⇲

⇳

⇴

⇵

⇶

⇷

⇸

⇹

⇺

⇻

⇼

⇽

⇾

⇿

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

Emoji

The Arrows block contains eight emoji: U+2194–U+2199 and U+21A9–U+21AA.^[3][4]

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji, all of which default to a text presentation.^[5]

Emoji variation sequences

U+	2194	2195	2196	2197	2198	2199	21A9	21AA
base code point	↔	↕	↖	↗	↘	↙	↩	↪
base+VS15 (text)	↔︎	↕︎	↖︎	↗︎	↘︎	↙︎	↩︎	↪︎
base+VS16 (emoji)	↔️	↕️	↖️	↗️	↘️	↙️	↩️	↪️

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arrows block:

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
1.0.0	U+2190..21EA	91			(to be determined)
			L2/99-176R		Moore, Lisa (1999-11-04), "Motion 80-M22", Minutes from the joint UTC/L2 meeting in Seattle, June 8-10, 1999
			L2/10-351	N3897	"6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", Proposal to incorporate symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009 and Amendment 1 into the UCS, 2010-09-21
			L2/10-448		Constable, Peter (2010-10-30), "6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", UTC Liaison Report from WG2
			L2/11-438[b][c]	N4182	Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
			L2/12-302	N4317	Pentzlin, Karl (2012-10-08), Revised proposal to incorporate the symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009
3.0	U+21EB..21F3	9		N1138	LaBonté, Alain (1995-01-30), Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646
				N1203	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.6", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
				N1303 (html, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-01-26), Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo
			L2/97-128	N1564	Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-15), Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket")
			L2/97-167	N1625	Suignard, Michel (1997-07-03), Report of ad hoc group on keyboard symbols
				N1669	Position on PDAM-NN - Symbols - ref N1625, 1997-08-05
			L2/97-288	N1603	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "7.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
			L2/98-005R	N1682	Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot, 1997-12-17
				N1830 (html, doc)	Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 22 - Symbols, 1998-04-15
				N1816R	Paterson, Bruce (1998-09-22), Disposition of comments on PDAM.22 (2nd draft)
			L2/98-320	N1898	ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols, 1998-10-22
				N1897	Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-22), Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191
			L2/99-010	N1903 (pdf, html, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
			L2/99-126		Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols
3.2	U+21F4	1	L2/01-142[d]	N2336	Beeton, Barbara; Freytag, Asmus; Ion, Patrick (2001-04-02), Additional Mathematical Symbols
			L2/01-156	N2356	Freytag, Asmus (2001-04-03), Additional Mathematical Characters (Draft 10)
			L2/01-344	N2353 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "7.7 Mathematical Symbols", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001
	U+21F5..21FF	11	L2/00-119[d]	N2191R	Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode
			L2/00-234	N2203 (rtf, txt)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.18", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
			L2/00-115R2		Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M11", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429 Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents

See also

• Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
• Unicode input

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
4. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
5. "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.