An arrow is a graphical symbol

Symbol

A symbol is something which represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On a map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite. Numerals are symbols for...

 such as → or ←, used to point or indicate direction, being in its simplest form a line segment with a triangle affixed to one end, and in more complex forms a representation of an actual arrow

Arrow

An arrow is a shafted projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.An arrow usually consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other.- History:...

 (e.g. U+27B5). The direction indicated by an arrow is the one along the length of the line towards the end capped by a triangle.

North arrow

North arrow is used in floor plan

Floor plan

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s and map

Map

A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....

s to indicate the direction to the north

North

North is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.North is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the top side of a map is north....

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Arrows in Unicode

In Unicode

Unicode

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, arrow symbols occupy the hexadecimal

Hexadecimal

In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen...

 range 0x2190–0x21ff (8592–8704 decimal), as described below.

Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name
Hex		Hex		Hex		Hex
Picture of this Symbol		Picture of this Symbol		Picture of this Symbol		Picture of this Symbol
←	Leftwards Arrow	↬	Rightwards Arrow With Loop	⇈	Upwards Paired Arrows	⇤	Leftwards Arrow To Bar
0x2190		0x21ac		0x21c8		0x21e4
↑	Upwards Arrow	↭	Left Right Wave Arrow	⇉	Rightwards Paired Arrows	⇥	Rightwards Arrow To Bar
0x2191		0x21ad		0x21c9		0x21e5
→	Rightwards Arrow	↮	Left Right Arrow With Stroke	⇊	Downwards Paired Arrows	⇦	Leftwards Thick Arrow
0x2192		0x21ae		0x21ca		0x21e6
↓	Downwards Arrow	↯	Downwards Zigzag Arrow	⇋	Leftwards Harpoon Over Rightwards Harpoon	⇧	Upwards Thick Arrow
0x2193		0x21af		0x21cb		0x21e7
↔	Left Right Arrow	↰	Upwards Arrow With Tip Leftwards	⇌	Rightwards Harpoon Over Leftwards Harpoon	⇨	Rightwards Thick Arrow
0x2194		0x21b0		0x21cc		0x21e8
↕	Up Down Arrow	↱	Upwards Arrow With Tip Rightwards	⇍	Leftwards Double Arrow With Stroke	⇩	Downwards Thick Arrow
0x2195		0x21b1		0x21cd		0x21e9
↖	North West Arrow	↲	Downwards Arrow With Tip Leftwards	⇎	Left Right Double Arrow With Stroke	⇪	Upwards Thick Arrow From Bar
0x2196		0x21b2		0x21ce		0x21ea
↗	North East Arrow	↳	Downwards Arrow With Tip Rightwards	⇏	Rightwards Double Arrow With Stroke	⇫	Upwards Thick Arrow On Pedestal
0x2197		0x21b3		0x21cf		0x21eb
↘	South East Arrow	↴	Rightwards Arrow With Corner Downwards	⇐	Leftwards Double Arrow	⇬	Upwards Thick Arrow On Pedestal With Horizontal Bar
0x2198		0x21b4		0x21d0		0x21ec
↙	South West Arrow	↵	Downwards Arrow With Corner Leftwards	⇑	Upwards Double Arrow	⇭	Upwards Thick Arrow On Pedestal With Vertical Bar
0x2199		0x21b5		0x21d1		0x21ed
↚	Leftwards Arrow With Stroke	↶	Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow	⇒	Rightwards Double Arrow	⇮	Upwards Thick Double Arrow
0x219a		0x21b6		0x21d2		0x21ee
↛	Rightwards Arrow With Stroke	↷	Clockwise Top Semicircle Arrow	⇓	Downwards Double Arrow	⇯	Upwards Thick Double Arrow On Pedestal
0x219b		0x21b7		0x21d3		0x21ef
↜	Leftwards Wave Arrow	↸	North West Arrow To Long Bar	⇔	Left Right Double Arrow	⇰	Rightwards Thick Arrow From Wall
0x219c		0x21b8		0x21d4		0x21f0
↝	Rightwards Wave Arrow	↹	Leftwards Arrow To Bar Over Rightwards Arrow To Bar	⇕	Up Down Double Arrow	⇱	North West Arrow To Corner
0x219d		0x21b9		0x21d5		0x21f1
↞	Leftwards Two Headed Arrow	↺	Anticlockwise Open Circle Arrow	⇖	North West Double Arrow	⇲	South East Arrow To Corner
0x219e		0x21ba		0x21d6		0x21f2
↟	Upwards Two Headed Arrow	↻	Clockwise Open Circle Arrow	⇗	North East Double Arrow	⇳	Up Down Thick Arrow
0x219f		0x21bb		0x21d7		0x21f3
↠	Rightwards Two Headed Arrow	↼	Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Upwards	⇘	South East Double Arrow	⇴	Right Arrow With Small Circle
0x21a0		0x21bc		0x21d8		0x21f4
↡	Downwards Two Headed Arrow	↽	Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards	⇙	South West Double Arrow	⇵	Downwards Arrow Leftwards Of Upwards Arrow
0x21a1		0x21bd		0x21d9		0x21f5
↢	Leftwards Arrow With Tail	↾	Upwards Harpoon With Barb Rightwards	⇚	Leftwards Triple Arrow	⇶	Three Rightwards Arrows
0x21a2		0x21be		0x21da		0x21f6
↣	Rightwards Arrow With Tail	↿	Upwards Harpoon With Barb Leftwards	⇛	Rightwards Triple Arrow	⇷	Leftwards Arrow With Vertical Stroke
0x21a3		0x21bf		0x21db		0x21f7
↤	Leftwards Arrow From Bar	⇀	Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Upwards	⇜	Leftwards Squiggle Arrow	⇸	Rightwards Arrow With Vertical Stroke
0x21a4		0x21c0		0x21dc		0x21f8
↥	Upwards Arrow From Bar	⇁	Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards	⇝	Rightwards Squiggle Arrow	⇹	Left Right Arrow With Vertical Stroke
0x21a5		0x21c1		0x21dd		0x21f9
↦	Rightwards Arrow From Bar	⇂	Downwards Harpoon With Barb Rightwards	⇞	Upwards Arrow With Double Stroke	⇺	Leftwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
0x21a6		0x21c2		0x21de		0x21fa
↧	Downwards Arrow From Bar	⇃	Downwards Harpoon With Barb Leftwards	⇟	Downwards Arrow With Double Stroke	⇻	Rightwards Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
0x21a7		0x21c3		0x21df		0x21fb
↨	Up Down Arrow With Base	⇄	Rightwards Arrow Over Leftwards Arrow	⇠	Leftwards Dashed Arrow	⇼	Left Right Arrow With Double Vertical Stroke
0x21a8		0x21c4		0x21e0		0x21fc
↩	Leftwards Arrow With Hook	⇅	Upwards Arrow Leftwards Of Downwards Arrow	⇡	Upwards Dashed Arrow	⇽	Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow
0x21a9		0x21c5		0x21e1		0x21fd
↪	Rightwards Arrow With Hook	⇆	Leftwards Arrow Over Rightwards Arrow	⇢	Rightwards Dashed Arrow	⇾	Rightwards Open-Headed Arrow
0x21aa		0x21c6		0x21e2		0x21fe
↫	Leftwards Arrow With Loop	⇇	Leftwards Paired Arrows	⇣	Downwards Dashed Arrow	⇿	Left Right Open-Headed Arrow
0x21ab		0x21c7		0x21e3		0x21ff

See also

• Unicode chart Arrows (U+2190 - U+21FF)
• Unicode chart Supplemental Arrows-A (U+27F0 - U+27FF)
• Unicode chart Supplemental Arrows-B (U+2900 - U+297F)
• Unicode chart Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (U+2B00 - U+2B59 / U+2BFF)
• Unicode chart Dingbats (U+2700 - U+27BF)
• Dingbat
  Dingbat
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• Mapping of Unicode characters
  Mapping of Unicode characters
  Unicode’s Universal Character Set has a potential capacity to support over 1 million characters. Each UCS character is mapped to a code point which is an integer between 0 and 1,114,111 used to represent each character within the internal logic of text processing software .As of Unicode 5.2.0,...
  
  
• Material conditional
  Material conditional
  The material conditional, also known as material implication, is a binary truth function, such that the compound sentence p→q is logically equivalent to the negative compound: not . A material conditional compound itself is often simply called a conditional...