U+27A2 · Other symbol
Three-D Top-Lighted Rightwards Arrowhead Symbol ➢
➢ is three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowhead, U+27A2, in the Dingbats block. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
Unicode 1.0 called this character three-d top-lighted right arrowhead. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+27A2 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ➢ | |
| HTML decimal | ➢ | |
| CSS | \27A2 | |
| JavaScript | \u{27A2} | |
| Python | \U000027A2 | |
| Java / C# | \u27A2 | |
| Rust | \u{27a2} | |
| Swift | \u{27A2} | |
| PHP | \u{27A2} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%9E%A2 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9E A2 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 27A2 | |
| Base64 | 4p6i | |
| Decimal | 10146 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ➢ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ➢ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ➢ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ➢ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Dingbats
Zapf Dingbats, encoded character for character: ornamental stars, crosses, check marks, scissors and pointing hands. The check marks and crosses here are the ones most often pasted into documents and spreadsheets.
How to type ➢
| Windows | Type 27A2 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowhead” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 27a2, press Enter |
| HTML | ➢ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ➢ three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowhead symbol?
- On Windows, type 27A2 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 27a2. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ➢?
- Three-D Top-Lighted Rightwards Arrowhead is U+27A2. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ➢?
- Three-D Top-Lighted Rightwards Arrowhead is filed under Other symbol in the Dingbats block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.