Technical information

Symbol
NameLeft-shaded white rightwards arrow
Unicode numberU+27AA
CategoryShaded white arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ➪, or U+27AA, is known as the "Left-Shaded White Rightwards Arrow". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character visually represents a rightwards pointing arrow that appears to be white or hollow, with a shading on its left side, giving it a three-dimensional or embossed look. The shading adds depth to the symbol, making it appear as though light is shining on it from the right. Typically used for decorative purposes, this arrow might guide attention or indicate direction in various contexts, such as in presentations or graphical user interfaces. The exact visual representation of this character can differ depending on the system, application, or font it is displayed in, and variations can be seen in the styling and depth of the shading.

Encoding

HTML Entity➪
HTML Entity (hex)➪
URL Escape Code%E2%9E%AA
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9E 0xAA
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011110:10101010
UTF-160x27AA
UTF-320x000027AA

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u27AA"
CSS Code\27AA
JavaScript"\u27AA"
Perl\x{27AA}
Python 2u"\u27AA"
Python 3\u27AA
Ruby\u{27AA}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

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>&#10154;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\27AA";
}

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