Technical information

Symbol
NameUpwards black arrow
Unicode numberU+2B06
CategoryBlack arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⬆, or U+2B06, is known as the "Upwards Black Arrow". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, this symbol is a simple black arrow pointing upwards. It is often used to signify direction, movement, or progress in a literal or metaphorical sense, such as 'increase' or 'improvement'. The specific usage of this symbol can vary based on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⬆
HTML Entity (hex)⬆
URL Escape Code%E2%AC%86
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xAC 0x86
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10101100:10000110
UTF-160x2B06
UTF-320x00002B06

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2B06"
CSS Code\2B06
JavaScript"\u2B06"
Perl\x{2B06}
Python 2u"\u2B06"
Python 3\u2B06
Ruby\u{2B06}

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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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>&#11014;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2B06";
}

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