Wide-Headed North East Heavy Barb Arrow 🡽
🡽 (U+1F87D) 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 East Heavy 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 EAST HEAVY BARB ARROW depicts a directional arrow symbol used for navigation. It is useful in interfaces to point to next steps or to highlight a path in menus and toolbars. In documents and guides, it can mark flow directions, indicate forward progress, or guide readers through a sequence. It also works on maps or diagrams to show the intended route or direction of travel, making steps clearer at a glance. For accessibility, ensure the symbol has high contrast and offer a text description for screen readers. On different platforms, renderings may vary slightly with font and emoji settings, so provide alternative text and maintain consistent sizing to keep clarity across devices and assistive tech.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F87D 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+1F87D - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A1 BD - UTF-16:
D83E DC7D - UTF-32:
0001F87D - HTML dec:
🡽 - HTML hex:
🡽 - JS escape:
\u{1F87D} - Python \N{}:
\N{WIDE-HEADED NORTH EAST HEAVY BARB ARROW} - Python \U:
\U0001F87D - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A1%BD - CSS escape:
\1F87D
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+1F87D 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.