Technical information

Symbol
NameNorth east arrow
Unicode numberU+2197
CategoryTriangle-headed arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ↗, or U+2197, is known as the "North East Arrow". It falls under the "Arrows" block and the "Math Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, this arrow points from the bottom-left to the top-right, indicating a north-east direction in a standard western orientation of a map. It is commonly used in diagrams, maps, and other visual aids to signify movement or direction. This can also be used in digital interfaces to represent forward or ascending actions or states.

Encoding

HTML Entity↗
HTML Entity (hex)↗
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%86%97
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x86 0x97
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000110:10010111
UTF-160x2197
UTF-320x00002197

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2197"
CSS Code\2197
JavaScript"\u2197"
Perl\x{2197}
Python 2u"\u2197"
Python 3\u2197
Ruby\u{2197}

Preview

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

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8599;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2197";
}

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