Emoji 0.6
up-left arrow
Also known as arrow, direction, intercardinal, northwest, up-left
An arrow pointing to the upper left, indicating the northwest or up-left direction.
Meaning
This emoji shows an arrow pointing diagonally to the upper left. It is commonly used to indicate direction, movement, or navigation toward the northwest, or to point at something in the upper left area.
Unicode name
The official Unicode name is North West Arrow, representing the intercardinal direction northwest.
Platform designs
Apple
In Apple's design, it appears as a blue arrow pointing to the upper left.
Google
In Google's Noto design, it is a flat blue arrow pointing to the upper left.
Twitter
In Twitter's Twemoji design, it appears as a blue arrow pointing to the upper left.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does ↖️ up-left arrow belong to?
↖️ up-left arrow belongs to the symbols category, which contains 224 emojis.
Which Unicode version added ↖️ up-left arrow?
↖️ up-left arrow was added in Emoji 0.6. Its codepoint is U+2196, made up of 1 code points.