Upwards Triangle-headed Arrow With Narrow Shaft Symbol
An upwards, triangle-headed arrow with a narrow shaft used to indicate direction or progression.
U+1F821
🠡 is a directional arrow emoji-style symbol: an upward arrow with a narrow shaft and triangle head. It’s commonly used to suggest movement, increase, or “go up” actions in text and UI. You can copy it directly or use the provided HTML, CSS, and JavaScript escapes.
Upwards Triangle-headed Arrow With Narrow Shaft Symbol Meaning
🠡 (UPWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH NARROW SHAFT, U+1F821) visually communicates an upward direction. In everyday writing, it can represent moving up, raising, or progressing to a higher level. In interface and design contexts, it’s often used for navigation cues, status indicators like “ascending” or “up next,” or as a concise icon next to labels (e.g., “increase,” “lift,” “sort ascending”). Because it has a clearly arrow-like form, it works well in diagrams, form instructions, and UI text where space is limited and an arrow metaphor is helpful.
Common uses
- •Indicating upward movement in instructions (e.g., “move up to continue”).
- •Labeling ascending sort or “up” order controls in UI.
- •Signaling increase or higher level in dashboards and status text.
- •Marking items that are “up next” or moving to the next step.
- •Using as a quick directional marker in diagrams or flow notes.
Examples
🠡 Upwards Triangle-Headed Arrow (Narrow Shaft)
- 🠡Press 🠡 to go to the next section.
- 🠡Sort: ascending 🠡
- 🠡Total updates: +5 🠡
- 🠡Status changed to up next 🠡
- 🠡Move the marker 🠡 to reach the target.
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1F821 | |
| HTML Entity | 🠡 | |
| HTML Code | 🠡 | |
| CSS | \1F821 |
FAQ
What does 🠡 mean?
🠡 is an upwards triangle-headed arrow with a narrow shaft. It generally indicates upward direction, progression, or an “increase/go up” cue.
How do I copy 🠡 into my website or app?
You can copy the character directly as 🠡, or use its escapes: HTML entity 🠡, CSS escape \\1F821, and JavaScript escape \\u{1F821}.
Is 🠡 the same as a regular up arrow (↑)?
Not exactly. While both suggest “up,” 🠡 has a specific triangle-headed arrow with a narrow shaft (Unicode U+1F821), which may look different from simpler arrow characters.
Where should I use 🠡 in design or UI?
It works well next to labels and controls for ascending order, moving up in instructions, or indicating higher-level status—especially when you want a compact arrow cue.