Arrow Symbols Copy and Paste

1. Pick a direction group—horizontal, vertical, diagonal, hooked, or circular—or search by name, character, or code point.

2. Click the arrow that matches the meaning you need, not only the shape that looks closest.

3. Paste it into the document or message, then confirm the destination font still draws it.

Arrow symbols on this page are Unicode characters, not images, icon fonts, or a download. Rendering can vary between apps and devices. The quick section highlights common directional arrows; the full database includes every UCD 17.0.0 name containing ARROW.

Each card copies a single Unicode character. After you click, paste into any field that accepts plain text: a document, a chat, a caption, or code comment. The destination stores the code point and draws its own glyph, so weight, shaft length, and alignment can change without the character being wrong. If you see an empty box, the current font lacks that arrow; try a common one such as ← ↑ → ↓ (U+2190 through U+2193), which most system fonts cover. This page is not an icon set. If you need pixel-identical artwork for a button, use an accessible icon with a text label instead of a copied character. Arrow symbols remain text after the paste, which is why they can live in a search, a filename, or a code comment where an SVG icon cannot.

Lookalikes are the usual source of the wrong paste. A single rightwards arrow → (U+2192) is a general pointer. A long arrow ⟶ is a different character with a longer shaft. Hooked forms such as ↪ and ↩ read as return or reply in many interfaces, while ↻ and ↺ read as rotate or undo. White or outlined arrows (⇧, ⇗) are not the same as the simple black arrows next to them. The common-arrows section stays focused on practical directional forms; the full database also includes double arrows and other mathematical or specialist characters whose official names contain ARROW. Choose by the Unicode name on the card, then test the paste at the size you will actually publish. Two arrow symbols can point the same way and still be the wrong character for the job.

You do not need this page to type every arrow. On Windows, the Emoji and Symbols panel (Win + .) includes some arrows. On macOS, the Character Viewer (Control-Command-Space) lets you search by name such as “rightwards arrow.” Many Linux desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U followed by a hex code, then Enter—for example 2192 for →. HTML authors can use numeric character references such as → or named entities such as → when the language supports them. In Microsoft Word, some builds accept a Unicode hex value followed by Alt+X. Those methods are easy to mistype, which is why a click-to-copy board is useful for less common hooked and circular forms. Arrow symbols from this board skip the hex step when you only need one reliable paste.

The full database catalogs every UCD 17.0.0 character whose official name contains ARROW, while the quick section keeps common choices easy to reach. This page is not a Wingdings decoder or a lesson on why arrows were encoded. For block-level background, compatibility notes, and when an arrow is the wrong stand-in for a button label, use the Arrow Symbols guide linked below. For logic arrows, use Math Symbols. For legacy symbol-font mappings, use Wingdings Translator. Copy one candidate, compare its name with the intended meaning, and test it in the target font before publishing. Arrow symbols copied here do not install a font and do not keep the artwork from this page after you leave it.

Publishing arrow symbols in running text is different from using an icon button. The copied character is searchable and can live in a caption, a plain-text email, or a comment, but it will not magically get a hit target, hover label, or accessible name. If the arrow is the only way to tell someone to continue, add a word such as Next beside it. Direction can also flip meaning in a mirrored layout, so do not treat a rightwards form as a universal “forward” control. After you copy, paste into the actual destination at the size readers will see. Shaft length and head shape can shift when the font changes, which is why each card keeps the Unicode name next to the glyph. Arrow symbols that look sharp at 24px can collapse into a chevron at 11px.

Search this board by direction and by name, not only by how sharp the head looks. Arrow symbols that point the same way can still differ: a simple →, a long form, a dashed shaft, a white-headed ⇧, and a hooked ↪ are different characters with different usual jobs. If you need a return or reply cue, prefer a hooked form and say so in nearby text. If you need rotation, prefer ↻ or ↺ rather than a corner arrow. Keep a diagram in one family so a mixed paste of dingbat and mathematical arrows does not look like two fonts colliding. When a destination shows a box, fall back to ← ↑ → ↓, which current system fonts almost always draw, then retry the rarer form only after you confirm coverage. That fallback is the practical way to use arrow symbols when a reader’s phone is older than the character you liked on the board.

Guide: arrow symbols