Arrows is a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows.
Block
| Arrows[1]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+219x | ← | ↑ | → | ↓ | ↔ | ↕ | ↖ | ↗ | ↘ | ↙ | ↚ | ↛ | ↜ | ↝ | ↞ | ↟ |
| U+21Ax | ↠ | ↡ | ↢ | ↣ | ↤ | ↥ | ↦ | ↧ | ↨ | ↩ | ↪ | ↫ | ↬ | ↭ | ↮ | ↯ |
| U+21Bx | ↰ | ↱ | ↲ | ↳ | ↴ | ↵ | ↶ | ↷ | ↸ | ↹ | ↺ | ↻ | ↼ | ↽ | ↾ | ↿ |
| U+21Cx | ⇀ | ⇁ | ⇂ | ⇃ | ⇄ | ⇅ | ⇆ | ⇇ | ⇈ | ⇉ | ⇊ | ⇋ | ⇌ | ⇍ | ⇎ | ⇏ |
| U+21Dx | ⇐ | ⇑ | ⇒ | ⇓ | ⇔ | ⇕ | ⇖ | ⇗ | ⇘ | ⇙ | ⇚ | ⇛ | ⇜ | ⇝ | ⇞ | ⇟ |
| U+21Ex | ⇠ | ⇡ | ⇢ | ⇣ | ⇤ | ⇥ | ⇦ | ⇧ | ⇨ | ⇩ | ⇪ | ⇫ | ⇬ | ⇭ | ⇮ | ⇯ |
| U+21Fx | ⇰ | ⇱ | ⇲ | ⇳ | ⇴ | ⇵ | ⇶ | ⇷ | ⇸ | ⇹ | ⇺ | ⇻ | ⇼ | ⇽ | ⇾ | ⇿ |
| Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Emoji
The Arrows block contains eight emoji: U+2194–U+2199 and U+21A9–U+21AA.12
The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji, all of which default to a text presentation.3
Emoji variation sequences| U+ | 2194 | 2195 | 2196 | 2197 | 2198 | 2199 | 21A9 | 21AA |
| base code point | ↔ | ↕ | ↖ | ↗ | ↘ | ↙ | ↩ | ↪ |
| base+VS15 (text) | ↔︎ | ↕︎ | ↖︎ | ↗︎ | ↘︎ | ↙︎ | ↩︎ | ↪︎ |
| base+VS16 (emoji) | ↔️ | ↕️ | ↖️ | ↗️ | ↘️ | ↙️ | ↩️ | ↪️ |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arrows block:
| Version | Final code points4 | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | U+2190..21EA | 91 | (to be determined) | ||
| L2/99-176R | Moore, Lisa (1999-11-04), "Motion 80-M22", Minutes from the joint UTC/L2 meeting in Seattle, June 8-10, 1999 | ||||
| L2/10-351 | N3897 | "6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", Proposal to incorporate symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009 and Amendment 1 into the UCS, 2010-09-21 | |||
| L2/10-448 | Constable, Peter (2010-10-30), "6. Annotations to be changed for existing characters", UTC Liaison Report from WG2 | ||||
| L2/11-43856 | N4182 | Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429) | |||
| L2/12-302 | N4317 | Pentzlin, Karl (2012-10-08), Revised proposal to incorporate the symbols of ISO/IEC 9995-7:2009 | |||
| 3.0 | U+21EB..21F3 | 9 | N1138 | LaBonté, Alain (1995-01-30), Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646 | |
| N1203 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.6", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva | ||||
| N1303 (html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-01-26), Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo | ||||
| L2/97-128 | N1564 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-15), Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket") | |||
| L2/97-167 | N1625 | Suignard, Michel (1997-07-03), Report of ad hoc group on keyboard symbols | |||
| N1669 | Position on PDAM-NN - Symbols - ref N1625, 1997-08-05 | ||||
| L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "7.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 | |||
| L2/98-005R | N1682 | Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot, 1997-12-17 | |||
| N1830 (html, doc) | Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 22 - Symbols, 1998-04-15 | ||||
| N1816R | Paterson, Bruce (1998-09-22), Disposition of comments on PDAM.22 (2nd draft) | ||||
| L2/98-320 | N1898 | ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols, 1998-10-22 | |||
| N1897 | Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-22), Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191 | ||||
| L2/99-010 | N1903 (pdf, html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25 | |||
| L2/99-126 | Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols | ||||
| 3.2 | U+21F4 | 1 | L2/01-1427 | N2336 | Beeton, Barbara; Freytag, Asmus; Ion, Patrick (2001-04-02), Additional Mathematical Symbols |
| L2/01-156 | N2356 | Freytag, Asmus (2001-04-03), Additional Mathematical Characters (Draft 10) | |||
| L2/01-344 | N2353 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "7.7 Mathematical Symbols", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001 | |||
| U+21F5..21FF | 11 | L2/00-1198 | N2191R | Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode | |
| L2/00-234 | N2203 (rtf, txt) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.18", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24 | |||
| L2/00-115R2 | Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M11", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83 | ||||
See also
References
"UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05. https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/ ↩
"UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01. https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-data.txt ↩
"UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium. https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt ↩
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ↩
See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10458-emoji-var.pdf ↩
Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs#History ↩
Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols-B#History ↩
Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols-B#History ↩