Wide-Headed South West Medium Barb Arrow 🡷
🡷 (U+1F877) 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 South 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 SOUTH WEST MEDIUM BARB ARROW. It serves as a clear cue for direction and navigation. Use it to indicate back or southwest movement in user interfaces, such as navigation bars, menus, or walkthrough steps. It can also point readers to subsequent sections in documents, diagrams, or flowcharts, especially when a southwest path is meaningful. In dashboards, it may mark a path to related items located southwest of the current focus. Keep sentences simple and actions direct so readers recognize the arrow's meaning quickly. Cross‑platform appearance should stay consistent, and ensure sufficient contrast and label support for accessibility tools like screen readers on different devices.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F877 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+1F877 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A1 B7 - UTF-16:
D83E DC77 - UTF-32:
0001F877 - HTML dec:
🡷 - HTML hex:
🡷 - JS escape:
\u{1F877} - Python \N{}:
\N{WIDE-HEADED SOUTH WEST MEDIUM BARB ARROW} - Python \U:
\U0001F877 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A1%B7 - CSS escape:
\1F877
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+1F877 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.