Heavy Arrow Shaft Width One Half 🢞
🢞 (U+1F89E) 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: Heavy Arrow Shaft Width One Half 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 HEAVY ARROW SHAFT WIDTH ONE HALF depicts a heavy arrow shaft with width one half. It signals direction and navigation cues in interfaces and documents. In practice, you can use it to point to next steps in a wizard or form, to show flow in a process diagram, or to indicate a back or forward action in menus. When used in print or digital layouts, place it near buttons, links, or sections to guide readers. For accessibility, ensure sufficient contrast, provide text descriptions for screen readers, and keep the symbol size consistent across platforms.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F89E
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+1F89E
- General Category:
So
- Age:
7.0
- Bidi Class:
ON
- Block:
Supplemental Arrows-C
- Script:
Common
- UTF-8:
F0 9F A2 9E
- UTF-16:
D83E DC9E
- UTF-32:
0001F89E
- HTML dec:
🢞
- HTML hex:
🢞
- JS escape:
\u{1F89E}
- Python \N{}:
\N{HEAVY ARROW SHAFT WIDTH ONE HALF}
- Python \U:
\U0001F89E
- URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A2%9E
- CSS escape:
\1F89E
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+1F89E
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.