Explore Unicode arrows for directions, labels and text diagrams, and learn why visually similar arrows can have different code points and meanings.
Arrows encode different meanings
Unicode includes simple direction arrows, double arrows, hooked arrows and mathematical arrows. Similar appearance does not make them semantically interchangeable.
Arrows can structure compact text
They work well for short flows, directions and labels where a full diagram would be excessive.
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Less common symbols can fall back to another font or fail on older systems, so test the exact destination.
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