Wide-Headed North East Medium Barb Arrow 🡵
🡵 (U+1F875) 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: Wide-Headed North East Medium Barb 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 WIDE-HEADED NORTH EAST MEDIUM BARB ARROW. It signals direction and navigation in interfaces. Use it to indicate the next step in a workflow, to point from a menu to a subpage, or to lead users toward a completion or continuation in a document. In dashboards, it can guide attention to a highlighted feature or the next item in a list. Arrows commonly indicate direction and navigation cues in interfaces and documents. On different platforms the glyph may render differently; ensure high contrast, scalable size, and provide alt text for screen readers so it remains accessible.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F875 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+1F875 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A1 B5 - UTF-16:
D83E DC75 - UTF-32:
0001F875 - HTML dec:
🡵 - HTML hex:
🡵 - JS escape:
\u{1F875} - Python \N{}:
\N{WIDE-HEADED NORTH EAST MEDIUM BARB ARROW} - Python \U:
\U0001F875 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A1%B5 - CSS escape:
\1F875
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+1F875 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.