Wide-Headed North West Medium Barb Arrow 🡴
🡴 (U+1F874) 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 Medium 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 character depicts the WIDE-HEADED NORTH WEST MEDIUM BARB ARROW. Arrows commonly indicate direction and navigation cues in interfaces and documents. Use it in interfaces to show a navigational choice, move users toward a northwest option, or guide a next step in menus and forms. In documents or guides, place it to mark a flow direction or a path toward a target section. In tutorials, use the arrow to show how to proceed to the next part or return to a previous point. The arrow helps readers follow sequences and understand layout flow. For cross‑platform use, render the symbol clearly where supported and provide a text label or alternative within accessibility notes for screen readers and low‑resolution displays.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F874 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+1F874 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A1 B4 - UTF-16:
D83E DC74 - UTF-32:
0001F874 - HTML dec:
🡴 - HTML hex:
🡴 - JS escape:
\u{1F874} - Python \N{}:
\N{WIDE-HEADED NORTH WEST MEDIUM BARB ARROW} - Python \U:
\U0001F874 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A1%B4 - CSS escape:
\1F874
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+1F874 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.