Emoji 0.6
up arrow
Also known as arrow, cardinal, direction, north, up
An upward-pointing arrow, typically shown in blue, used to indicate the direction up or north.
Meaning
The up arrow emoji points straight upward and is used to indicate upward direction, movement, or position. People use it to reference something mentioned above in a conversation, to show an increase or rise, or to indicate north. It also appears in interface-like contexts, such as prompting someone to scroll up or move to a previous item.
Unicode name
Unicode defines U+2B06 as 'upwards black arrow,' a glyph of an arrow pointing directly up, with an emoji variation selector for colorful presentation.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple shows a solid blue arrow pointing straight upward with a rounded, flat design.
Google
Google Noto depicts a flat, dark blue upward-pointing arrow with a simple geometric shape.
Twitter
Twitter Twemoji shows a bold blue arrow pointing straight up in a flat, minimal style.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does ⬆️ up arrow belong to?
⬆️ up arrow belongs to the symbols category, which contains 224 emojis.
Which Unicode version added ⬆️ up arrow?
⬆️ up arrow was added in Emoji 0.6. Its codepoint is U+2B06, made up of 1 code points.
