28 arrows symbols for the cleanest pointer in plain text. Tap any character to copy it — including the plain-text versions that survive any font.
Tap or click a character and it goes straight to your clipboard. These are Unicode text characters, not images, so they paste into any text field.
An arrow is what you use when a sentence would be too much. One right arrow does the job of "see this link" with a single character, and because arrows are in every font, they survive copy and paste better than any other decorative symbol.
There are 28 characters in this set. The grid above is the fastest way to take one — tap it and it is on your clipboard. The table below is the reference: the Unicode name of each character and the job people normally give it, so you can pick the right one instead of guessing from the shape.
| Symbol | Unicode name | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| ← | Leftwards arrow | by far the most used; the clean way to point at a link |
| → | Rightwards arrow | the standard inline pointer in plain text |
| ⇒ | Rightwards double arrow | implies consequence — used in notes and logic |
| ➜ | Heavy round-tipped rightwards arrow | decorative pointer for headings |
| ➔ | Heavy wide-headed rightwards arrow | a softer decorative arrow than ➜ |
| ↺ | Anticlockwise open circle arrow | rewind or undo in interface mock-ups |
| ⇅ | Upwards arrow leftwards of downwards arrow | sorting — ascending and descending |
| ⥤ | Rightwards harpoon over leftwards harpoon | chemistry and maths notation |
Every character on this page is a button, and the steps are identical on a phone, a tablet and a desktop:
Nothing is installed and nothing is uploaded. These are standard Unicode characters, so the device you are already holding knows how to draw them.
Ordinary text is safe everywhere. The problems start with two groups: characters that need a font the receiving device may not ship with, and applications that deliberately filter what you can type.
| Place | Works? | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram, TikTok, X bio and captions | Yes | Symbols and emoji both display; a handful of rare glyphs may render as a box on older Android versions |
| Discord display name and messages | Yes | Almost everything works, including the rarer box-drawing characters |
| WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal | Yes | Full support for emoji and symbols |
| Word, Google Docs, Excel, Sheets | Yes | Fine on a desktop; fonts on older Office installs may miss the newest glyphs |
| Most online games (usernames) | Sometimes | Many titles strip anything outside their font. Test with one symbol first |
| SMS | Yes, but | An emoji can push a message into a longer billing segment |
The practical rule: if you are decorating a bio or a document, paste freely. If you are building a username that has to survive a game login screen, start with one character, confirm it appears, then add the rest.