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Arrow Symbols — Complete Copy Paste Guide

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Arrow symbols are among the most useful Unicode characters. They point the way in diagrams, flowcharts, text decoration, social media bios, and UI design. This guide organizes every arrow symbol by type so you can find and copy exactly what you need in seconds.

Basic Directional Arrows

The four fundamental directions — up, down, left, right. These are the most commonly used arrows in everyday text and design.

Right
Left
Up
Down

Diagonal Arrows

Up-right
Down-right
Down-left
Up-left

Double Arrows

Double-line arrows typically indicate bidirectional relationships, equivalence, or reversible processes.

Double right
Double left
Double up
Double down
Left-right
Up-down
Double up-right
Double down-right

Long Arrows

These extended arrows are commonly used in chemistry, logic, and formal notation to represent reactions, implications, or mappings.

Long right
Long left
Long both
Long double right

Triangle Arrows

Play / Right
Left
Up
Down
Outline right
Outline left
Outline up
Outline down

Curved Arrows

Left curved
Right curved
Up-left curved
Up-right curved
Right then down
Return / Enter
Counterclockwise
Clockwise

Special Purpose Arrows

Left-right
Up-down
Heavy right
Bullet arrow
Black right
Black left
Black up
Black down

Arrow Emoji

These are the arrow characters that also appear as colorful emoji on phones and social media platforms.

⬆️
Up emoji
⬇️
Down emoji
⬅️
Left emoji
➡️
Right emoji
↗️
Up-right emoji
↘️
Down-right emoji
↙️
Down-left emoji
↖️
Up-left emoji
↕️
Up-down emoji
↔️
Left-right emoji
↩️
Curved left emoji
↪️
Curved right emoji

How to Type Arrow Symbols

Using Arrows in Social Media

Arrow symbols are perfect for Instagram bios, TikTok captions, and Twitter posts. Use them to point at links, create visual flow, or just add style. For example, point to your link in bio with → or draw attention with ➜. In flowcharts and diagrams, the basic arrows → ← ↑ ↓ cover most needs, while double arrows ⇒ ⇔ signal logical relationships.

Every arrow on this page is a real Unicode character that works in documents, messages, social media, websites, and code. Just click, copy, and paste.