Technical information

Symbol
NameRightwards white arrow
Unicode numberU+21E8
CategoryWhite arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇨, or U+21E8, is known as the "Rightwards White Arrow". It is part of the "Arrows" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Math" category in the Unicode standard. This character depicts an arrow pointing to the right, and it is outlined or hollow in design. In mathematical, scientific, and technical texts, it is frequently used to indicate a direction or movement from left to right. It may also represent a logical or causal connection between two concepts in diagrams and flowcharts.

Encoding

HTML Entity⇨
HTML Entity (hex)⇨
URL Escape Code%E2%87%A8
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA8
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10101000
UTF-160x21E8
UTF-320x000021E8

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E8"
CSS Code\21E8
JavaScript"\u21E8"
Perl\x{21E8}
Python 2u"\u21E8"
Python 3\u21E8
Ruby\u{21E8}

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>&#8680;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E8";
}

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