| Character | ↨ |
| Name | Up Down Arrow With Base |
| Unicode Code Point | U+21A8 |
| Decimal Value | 8616 |
| Hex Value | 0x21A8 |
| Category | Arrows |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+23 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 21A8 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ↨ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ↨ / ↨ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\21A8"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{21A8}" |
Up Down Arrow With Base is used to indicate direction, sequence, or logical flow — common in UI design (navigation), technical diagrams (flowcharts), mathematics (implication and mapping), and instructional writing (step-by-step guides).
Unicode block: Arrows (U+2190–U+21FF). The Arrows block standardizes directional symbols that were previously drawn inconsistently across different fonts and diagram tools, giving software and documents a consistent way to represent direction, flow, and logical implication.
At Unicode code point U+21A8 (decimal 8616), Up Down Arrow With Base is the 25th of 112 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: In UI/UX design, arrow direction has strong conventional meaning to users (right = forward/next, left = back) — reversing this convention can confuse users.
Hold Alt and type 23 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ↨ in your HTML.