Unicode Character "→" (U+2192)

The character → (Rightwards Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2192. It is encoded in the Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as →.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Rightwards Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+2192
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Arrows
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2192 Conversion

HTML (decimal) →
HTML (hex) →
HTML (named) →
URL Escape Code %E2%86%92
CSS \002192
JavaScript, JSON \u2192
C, C++, Java \u2192
Python \u2192
Rust \u{2192}
Ruby \u2192

How to type "→"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 9 2. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 9 2. Release Alt.

Preview

  • →
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • →
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • →
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x86 0x92
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2192
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002192

Characters based on "→" (U+2192)

References