Rightwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White Arrow 🢩
🢩 (U+1F8A9) 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: Rightwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White 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 RIGHTWARDS BACK-TILTED SHADOWED WHITE ARROW. It signals direction and navigation cues in interfaces and documents. In practice, use it to indicate next steps or forward movement in menus and forms. It can mark progress in tutorials or onboarding flows. It also helps guide readers through signposts in long documents. When used in a toolbar or status line, it clarifies where to click to continue. For accessibility, provide alternative text for screen readers and ensure sufficient contrast on all platforms. Across devices, appearance may vary by font and emoji set, so test for consistency and maintain clear meaning with accompanying labels or textures where possible.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F8A9 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+1F8A9 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A2 A9 - UTF-16:
D83E DCA9 - UTF-32:
0001F8A9 - HTML dec:
🢩 - HTML hex:
🢩 - JS escape:
\u{1F8A9} - Python \N{}:
\N{RIGHTWARDS BACK-TILTED SHADOWED WHITE ARROW} - Python \U:
\U0001F8A9 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A2%A9 - CSS escape:
\1F8A9
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+1F8A9 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.