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Right Arrow HTML entity →
→ is the HTML entity for Right Arrow → (U+2192). Copy the decimal → and hex → codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
→- Also written
→→→→- Code point
- U+2192
- Unicode name
- RIGHTWARDS ARROW
- Block
- Arrows
- Category
- Math symbol (Sm)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | →Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | →Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | →Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2192";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2192"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2192"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{RIGHTWARDS ARROW}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%86%92Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 923 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 21921 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
A rightwards arrow for menu paths (File → Save), 'leads to' and 'next' links. In logic the double arrow ⇒ means 'implies'. Arrow shapes vary a lot between fonts.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More arrows
↔Left Right Arrow←Left Arrow↕Up Down Arrow↖North West Arrow↗North East Arrow↘South East Arrow↙South West Arrow↚Leftwards Arrow with Stroke
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).