Arrow Symbols

Every compass direction is here, from the plain → ← ↑ ↓ to curved ↩, double ⇒ and looping ↺ forms. Click an arrow to take it, repeat one to show a sequence, or reach for ↔ when the relationship runs both ways.

Copy and Paste Arrow Symbols

193 directional characters sit in the grid above — the widest arrow set on this site, covering every compass direction plus curved, looping, double-headed and decorative forms. One click puts an arrow on your clipboard; paste it with the standard shortcut and it arrives as text, taking the colour and weight of whatever surrounds it.

What Are Arrow Symbols?

Arrow symbols are Unicode characters that point. They compress a relationship into one glyph: sequence in "Draft → Review", change in "0.35% → 3%", direction in a menu, negation in ↛. Unlike an arrow drawn in a design tool, each one is a letter to the software handling it, so it survives being copied between a spreadsheet, a chat window and a slide.

The sign is older than typography — it moved from hunting marks through cartography into interface design, and by the time Unicode catalogued it, convention had already fixed what each variation meant.

How to Use Arrow Symbols

Copying Arrow Symbols

Click the arrow you want. It is copied at once, with no file and no dialog in the way.

Pasting Arrow Symbols into Apps

Paste with the usual shortcut for your system. Since an arrow symbol is a text character, it works in fields that never accept graphics — commit messages, cell contents, browser bookmarks, alt text.

Combining Arrow Symbols into Longer Arrows

A single glyph is short by design. Chaining a line character in front stretches it: ─→ or ━➤, using the line symbols. Repeating the arrow itself also works where a long rule would be too heavy.

Types of Arrow Symbols

Direction is the first thing anyone looks for, so the collection is grouped that way.

Right Arrow Symbols

→ ⇒ ➔ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➡ ➢ ➣ ➤ ⇢ ⇨ — from the plain stroke to heavy and outlined pointers.

Left Arrow Symbols

← ⇐ ↞ ↢ ⇠ ⇦ — the mirror set, which is what back links and return actions want.

Up Arrow Symbols

↑ ⇑ ↟ ↥ ⇡ ⇧ — rising figures, uploads and ascending sort order.

Down Arrow Symbols

↓ ⇓ ↡ ↧ ⇣ ⇩ — falling figures, downloads and expanding menus.

Diagonal Arrow Symbols

↖ ↗ ↘ ↙ ⇖ ⇗ ⇘ ⇙ ➚ ➘ — corner directions, and the pair most often used for trend up and trend down.

Double-Headed Arrow Symbols

↔ ↕ ⇔ ⇕ ⇄ ⇅ ⇆ — two directions at once, for exchanges, ranges and anything reversible.

Curved and Hooked Arrow Symbols

↩ ↪ ↫ ↬ ↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↵ — replies, branches and line returns. ↳ is the usual mark for a nested response in plain text.

Looping Arrow Symbols

↺ ↻ ↶ ↷ — clockwise and anticlockwise, long established as refresh and undo.

Crossed-Out Arrow Symbols

↚ ↛ ↮ — a direction explicitly negated, which logic notation relies on and decoration should avoid.

Decorative Arrow Symbols

➩ ➪ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯ ➱ ➲ ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ➾ — shadowed, feathered and ribboned styles that belong in a bio rather than a spreadsheet.

Long and Harpoon Arrow Symbols

Two families the short arrows cannot cover. ⟵ ⟶ ⟷ and their double forms ⟸ ⟹ ⟺ are drawn long rather than tiled, so one character spans a gap that would otherwise need three. Harpoons carry a barb on one side only — ↼ ↽ ⇀ ⇁ — and the paired ⇌ is the standard mark for a reversible reaction.

Text Arrow Symbols and Emoji Arrow Symbols

Almost every arrow here is a text character, taking the colour, weight and size of its surroundings and sitting inside a sentence without breaking the line. The exceptions are a small block of emoji arrows — ⬅ ⬆ ⬇ ⬈ ⬉ and their neighbours — which most platforms draw in fixed colour at their own size. An emoji arrow does the opposite — fixed colour, larger box, its own line height. That is precisely why → works in a CV, a code comment or a spreadsheet header where the emoji version would look out of place, and why it stays black when your text is black.

Best Uses for Arrow Symbols

Arrow Symbols in Process and Workflow Steps

"Draft → Review → Published" compresses a whole pipeline into a single line, and reads faster than the same sentence written out.

Arrow Symbols in Navigation and Links

A trailing ➤ or → signals that a label continues somewhere, which plain text alone cannot.

Arrow Symbols for Trends and Metrics

↑ and ↓ beside a number are read as up and down before the number itself registers.

Arrow Symbols in Bios and Usernames

➵ and ➷ separate phrases where line breaks get stripped, which is most social profile fields.

Arrow Symbols in Threads and Replies

↳ marks a nested response wherever real threading is unavailable.

Getting Arrow Symbols Right

• Match weight to context: → disappears into body copy; ➤ and ➡ are heavy enough to dominate a line.
• Keep a set consistent: opening with → and switching to ⇒ halfway down a list reads as a mistake.
• Direction carries meaning: ↺ says undo or refresh to most people, so it is a poor choice for pure ornament.
• Right-to-left scripts: an arrow next to Arabic or Hebrew text can reorder visually — check before publishing.
• Accessibility: a screen reader announces "rightwards arrow" or skips it, so an arrow should never be the only thing carrying a meaning.

Arrow Symbols Unicode Names and Codes

The four cardinal arrows have the shortest keyboard routes of anything on this site:

• Windows Alt codes: Alt+24 types ↑, Alt+25 types ↓, Alt+26 types →, Alt+27 types ← and Alt+29 types ↔, all on the numeric keypad.
• Code points: → is U+2192, ← is U+2190, ↑ is U+2191 and ↓ is U+2193. Typing the code then Alt+X converts it in many editors.
• Mac: Ctrl+Cmd+Space opens the character viewer — search for arrow.
• Autocorrect: Word and Google Docs turn --> into → and <-- into ← on their own.

Those shortcuts cover five characters. The other 193 arrows on this page are quicker to copy than to encode.

Frequently Asked Questions About Arrow Symbols

What is the difference between → and ⇒?

Weight and convention. → is a single-stroke arrow for ordinary use; ⇒ is double-stroked and, in mathematics, specifically means "implies" — worth avoiding as decoration in technical writing.

Which arrow symbol is the plain one?

→ (U+2192). It is the most widely supported and the safest default.

How do I make a longer arrow symbol?

Chain a line character before it — ─→ or ━➤ — using the line symbols.

Why does my arrow symbol show as a box?

The font lacks that glyph. The cardinal arrows → ← ↑ ↓ are near-universally supported; the decorative ➷ ➾ range is the least.

Related Collections for Arrow Symbols

Looking for solid triangular pointers ▶ ◀ ▲ ▼? Those live with the triangle symbols. Explore more: bullet points for list markers, line symbols for dividers and longer arrows, or browse all symbol collections.