Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack rightwards arrowhead
Unicode numberU+27A4
CategoryArrowheads
DescriptionThe Unicode character ➤, or U+27A4, is named "Black Rightwards Arrowhead". This character belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block, a set that includes a variety of symbols and arrow types not categorized in other specific blocks. The character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it represents an arrowhead pointing to the right. The term "black" in its name refers to the fact that it's filled in, not to the actual color the symbol must be displayed in, which can vary based on the text color in use. This rightwards arrowhead symbol is typically used to denote direction or to represent a particular kind of movement or transition in diagrams and charts. Its specific usage and meaning can vary greatly depending on the context.

Encoding

HTML Entity➤
HTML Entity (hex)➤
URL Escape Code%E2%9E%A4
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9E 0xA4
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011110:10100100
UTF-160x27A4
UTF-320x000027A4

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u27A4"
CSS Code\27A4
JavaScript"\u27A4"
Perl\x{27A4}
Python 2u"\u27A4"
Python 3\u27A4
Ruby\u{27A4}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ➤ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10148;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\27A4";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References