➡ is the Unicode emoji BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW (“right arrow”), code point U+27A1 (decimal 10145) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ➡, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9E A1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+27A1 |
| Decimal | 10145 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9E A1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 27A1 |
| UTF-32 | 000027A1 |
| HTML decimal | ➡ |
| HTML hex | ➡ |
| CSS | \27A1 |
| JavaScript | \u27A1 |
| JSON | \u27A1 |
| Python | \u27A1 |
| Python by name | \N{BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW} |
| Java, C# | \u27A1 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{27A1} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u27A1 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9E%A1 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| Emoji name | right arrow |
| Code point | U+27A1 (decimal 10145) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ➙ U+2799 Heavy Rightwards Arrow
- ➚ U+279A Heavy North East Arrow
- ➛ U+279B Drafting Point Rightwards Arrow
- ➜ U+279C Heavy Round-Tipped Rightwards Arrow
- ➝ U+279D Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➞ U+279E Heavy Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➟ U+279F Dashed Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➠ U+27A0 Heavy Dashed Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➢ U+27A2 Three-D Top-Lighted Rightwards Arrowhead
- ➣ U+27A3 Three-D Bottom-Lighted Rightwards Arrowhead
- ➤ U+27A4 Black Rightwards Arrowhead
- ➥ U+27A5 Heavy Black Curved Downwards And Rightwards Arrow
- ➦ U+27A6 Heavy Black Curved Upwards And Rightwards Arrow
- ➧ U+27A7 Squat Black Rightwards Arrow
- ➨ U+27A8 Heavy Concave-Pointed Black Rightwards Arrow
- ➩ U+27A9 Right-Shaded White Rightwards Arrow
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ➡?
- Use ➡ (decimal) or ➡ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+27A1?
- E2 9E A1 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9E%A1.
- How do I write U+27A1 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u27A1. Python: \u27A1.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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