Wide-Headed North West Light Barb Arrow 🡤
🡤 (U+1F864) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Wide-Headed North West Light Barb Arrow is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Arrows-C). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The WIDE-HEADED NORTH WEST LIGHT BARB ARROW depicts this symbol by its official name. It marks direction in interfaces and documents, guiding users toward a route or option. It also serves as a navigation cue to indicate a path to a previous or next step in a workflow. In UI layouts, it can point to menus, tabs, or links that lead to related content. In documents, it helps readers follow a sequence or find a highlighted section efficiently. Cross‑platform it remains a simple directional mark; ensure accessibility with clear text alternatives and consistent rendering across devices.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F864
in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F864
- General Category:
So
- Age:
7.0
- Bidi Class:
ON
- Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C
- Script:
Common
- UTF-8:
F0 9F A1 A4
- UTF-16:
D83E DC64
- UTF-32:
0001F864
- HTML dec:
🡤
- HTML hex:
🡤
- JS escape:
\u{1F864}
- Python \N{}:
\N{WIDE-HEADED NORTH WEST LIGHT BARB ARROW}
- Python \U:
\U0001F864
- URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A1%A4
- CSS escape:
\1F864
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F864
or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🡤
(hex) or 🡤
(decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.