Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.
To use decimal notation encoded in UTF-8 insert
<meta charset=“utf-8”>
as the first line in the <head> of your document.
The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.
It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 93.9% of web pages in March 2026.
| character | notation | browser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| a0 arrowhead | 3d top lighted | ➢ | ➢ |
| a0 arrowhead | 3d bottom lighted | ➣ | ➣ |
| a0 arrowhead | black | ➤ | ➤ |
| a0 quad less than | ⍃ | ⍃ | |
| a0quad greater than | apl functional symbol | ⍄ | ⍄ |
| a0 quad leftwards arrow | apl functional symbol | ⍇ | ⍇ |
| a0 quad rightwards arrow | apl functional symbol | ⍈ | ⍈ |
| a0 quad upwards arrow | apl functional symbol | ⍐ | ⍐ |
| a0 quad downwards arrow | apl functional symbol | ⍗ | ⍗ |
| a0 quad down caret | apl functional symbol | ⍌ | ⍌ |
| a0 quad up caret | apl functional symbol | ⍓ | ⍓ |
| a0 quad delta | apl functional symbol | ⍍ | ⍍ |
| a0 quad delta inverted | apl functional symbol | ⍔ | ⍔ |
| a0 upwards vane | apl functional symbol | ⍏ | ⍏ |
| a0 downwards vane | apl functional symbol | ⍖ | ⍖ |
| a0 leftwards vane | apl functional symbol | ⍅ | ⍅ |
| a0 rightwards vane | apl functional symbol | ⍆ | ⍆ |
| a0 arrow | left right | ↔ | ↔ |
| a1 arrow | up down | ↕ | ↕ |
| b2 north west | bottom right to top left | ↖ | ↖ |
| b3 north east | bottom left to top right | ↗ | ↗ |
| b4 south east | top left to bottom right | ↘ | ↘ |
| b5 south west | top right to bottom left | ↙ | ↙ |
| a6 arrow | arrow | ⬑ | ⬑ |
| b1Clockwise | top semicircle | ↷ | ↷ |
| b1Clockwise | open circle | ↻ | ↻ |
| b2 anticlockwise | top semicircle | ↶ | ↶ |
| b2 anticlockwise | open circle | ↺ | ↺ |
| d1 down | downwards | ↓ | ↓ |
| d1 down | downwards two headed arrow | ↡ | ↡ |
| d1 down | downwards from bar | ↧ | ↧ |
| d1 down | downwards zigzag arrow | ↯ | ↯ |
| d1 down | downwards with tip leftwards | ↲ | ↲ |
| d1 down | downwards with tip rightwards | ↳ | ↳ |
| d1 down | downwards with corner leftwards | ↵ | ↵ |
| r1 right | rightwards | → | → |
| r1 right | rightwards with stroke | ↛ | ↛ |
| r1 right | rightwards wave arrow | ↝ | ↝ |
| r1 right | rightwards two headed arrow | ↠ | ↠ |
| r1 right | rightwards with tail | ↣ | ↣ |
| r1 right | rightwards from bar | ↦ | ↦ |
| r1 right | rightwards with hook | ↪ | ↪ |
| r1 right | rightwards with loop | ↬ | ↬ |
| r1 right | rightwards with corner downwards | ↴ | ↴ |
| r1 right | rightwards harpoon with barb upwards | ⇀ | ⇀ |
| r1 right | rightwards harpoon with barb downwards | ⇁ | ⇁ |
| r1 right | rightwards arrow over leftwards arrow | ⇄ | ⇄ |
| r1 right | rightwards paired | ⇉ | ⇉ |
| r1 right | rightwards harpoon over leftwards harpoon | ⇌ | ⇌ |
| r1 right | rightwards double with stroke | ⇏ | ⇏ |
| r1 right | rightwards double (present in symbol font) | ⇒ | ⇒ |
| r1 right | rightwards triple | ⇛ | ⇛ |
| r1 right | rightwards squiggle | ⇝ | ⇝ |
| r1 right | rightwards squiggle | ⇝ | ⇝ |
| r1 right | rightwards dashed | ⇢ | ⇢ |
| r1 right | rightwards to bar | ⇥ | ⇥ |
| r1 right | rightwards white | ⇨ | ⇨ |
| r1 right | rightwards white from wall | ⇰ | ⇰ |
| r1 right | with small circle | ⇴ | ⇴ |
| r1 right | rightwards with vertical stroke | ⇸ | ⇸ |
| r1 right | rightwards with double vertical stroke | ⇻ | ⇻ |
| r1 right | rightwards open-headed | ⇾ | ⇾ |
| left | leftwards with stroke | ↚ | ↚ |
| left | leftwards wave arrow | ↜ | ↜ |
| left | leftwards two headed arrow | ↞ | ↞ |
| left | leftwards with tail | ↢ | ↢ |
| left | leftwards from bar | ↤ | ↤ |
| left | leftwards with hook | ↩ | ↩ |
| left | leftwards with loop | ↫ | ↫ |
| left | wave arrow | ↭ | ↭ |
| left | with stroke | ↮ | ↮ |
| u1 up | upwards from bar | ↥ | ↥ |
| u1 up | upwards two headed arrow | ↟ | ↟ |
| u1 up | upwards with tip leftwards | ↰ | ↰ |
| u1 up | upwards with tip rightwards | ↱ | ↱ |
| u2 up down | with base (present in wgl4) | ↨ | ↨ |
| a7 north west | to long bar | ↸ | ↸ |
| a7 left | to bar over rightwards to bar | ↹ | ↹ |
| a7 left | leftwards harpoon with barb upwards | ↼ | ↼ |
| a7 left | leftwards harpoon with barb downwards | ↽ | ↽ |
| a7 up | upwards harpoon with barb rightwards | ↾ | ↾ |
| a7 up | upwards harpoon with barb leftwards | ↿ | ↿ |
| a7 down | downwards harpoon with barb rightwards | ⇂ | ⇂ |
| a7 down | downwards harpoon with barb leftwards | ⇃ | ⇃ |
| a7 up | upwards arrow leftwards of downwards arrow | ⇅ | ⇅ |
| a7 left | leftwards arrow over rightwards arrow | ⇆ | ⇆ |
| a7 left | leftwards paired | ⇇ | ⇇ |
| a7 up | upwards paired | ⇈ | ⇈ |
| a7 down | downwards paired | ⇊ | ⇊ |
| a7 left | leftwards harpoon over rightwards harpoon | ⇋ | ⇋ |
| a7 left | leftwards double with stroke | ⇍ | ⇍ |
| a7 left right | left right double with stroke | ⇎ | ⇎ |
| a7 left | leftwards double (present in symbol font) | ⇐ | ⇐ |
| a7 up | upwards double (present in symbol font) | ⇑ | ⇑ |
| a7 down | downwards double (present in symbol font) | ⇓ | ⇓ |
| a7 left right | left right double (present in symbol font) | ⇔ | ⇔ |
| a7 up down | up down double | ⇕ | ⇕ |
| a7 north west | double | ⇖ | ⇖ |
| a7 north east | double | ⇗ | ⇗ |
| a7 south east | double | ⇘ | ⇘ |
| a7 south west | double | ⇙ | ⇙ |
| a7 left | leftwards triple | ⇚ | ⇚ |
| a7 left | leftwards squiggle | ⇜ | ⇜ |
| a7 up | upwards with double stroke | ⇞ | ⇞ |
| a7 down | downwards with double stroke | ⇟ | ⇟ |
| a7 left | leftwards dashed | ⇠ | ⇠ |
| a7 up | upwards dashed | ⇡ | ⇡ |
| a7 down | downwards dashed | ⇣ | ⇣ |
| a7 left | leftwards to bar | ⇤ | ⇤ |
| a7 left | leftwards white | ⇦ | ⇦ |
| a7 up | upwards white | ⇧ | ⇧ |
| a7 down | downwards white arrow | ⇩ | ⇩ |
| a7 up | upwards white from bar | ⇪ | ⇪ |
| a7 up | upwards white on pedestal | ͟ | ⇫ |
| a7 up | upwards white on pedestal with horizontal bar | ⇬ | ⇬ |
| a7 up | upwards white on pedestal with vertical bar | ⇭ | ⇭ |
| a7 up | upwards white double | ⇮ | ⇮ |
| a7 up | upwards white double on pedestal | ⇯ | ⇯ |
| a7 north west | north west to corner | ⇱ | ⇱ |
| a7 south east | south east to corner | ⇲ | ⇲ |
| a7 up down | up down white | ⇳ | ⇳ |
| a7 down | downwards leftwards of upwards | ⇵ | ⇵ |
| a7 arrows | three rightwards | ⇶ | ⇶ |
| a7 left | leftwards with vertical stroke | ⇷ | ⇷ |
| a7 left right | left right with vertical stroke | ⇹ | ⇹ |
| a7 left | leftwards with double vertical stroke | ⇺ | ⇺ |
| a7 left right | left right with double vertical stroke | ⇼ | ⇼ |
| a7 left | leftwards open-headed | ⇽ | ⇽ |
| a7 left right | left right open-headed | ⇿ | ⇿ |
Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.
To use decimal notation encoded in UTF-8 insert
<meta charset=“utf-8”>
as the first line in the <head> of your document.
The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format – 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.
It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 88.9% of web pages in April 2017.