The TOP arrow (🔝) is your digital elevator to the penthouse—tap it when something deserves front-row, headline, S‑tier status. People drop it to crown a take as “top-tier,” point you back to the start of a thread, or hype the best comment, the No.1 track, or the GOAT play. It also works as a cheeky nudge to “scroll up, bestie,” especially in chaotic group chats where receipts are 400 messages above. Sarcastically, it can roast mid content—“🔝 …of the ‘needs work’ list”—because the internet never misses a chance to clown.
On Apple/iOS, it looks like a glossy-yet-flat red rounded square with a bold white upward arrow perched above the word “TOP” in chunky sans‑serif letters—very button-like, like a big “back to top” anchor on a website. That instantly recognizable white-on-red tile screams ranking vibes, chart-toppers, and pinned priorities. It’s different from the plain up arrow (⬆️) and the UP! button (🆙); this one literally says TOP, so it feels more “best of the best” than just “move up.” You’ll see it in meme captions (“TOP energy only”), gaming chats for rank or lane bragging, and flirty texts declaring someone “top-tier, no notes.”
Use it to spotlight main points, mark the beginning of a tutorial, or celebrate a friend hitting the top of the leaderboard. Bonus: it doubles as a retro magazine cover moment—“Top 10” listicle vibes, but make it emoji.
Definition
Go to the top with this blue button with the text 'TOP' and upwards arrow above. iEmoji old name: Blue Square Top Button.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
416 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:top:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Top with Upwards Arrow Above TOP Arrow
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Words with Arrows
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Words with Arrows
Names & Annotations
TOP WITH UPWARDS ARROW ABOVE Old name: TOP WITH UP-POINTING TRIANGLE SIGN = top of page
Symbol Information
U+1F51D proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B42
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[TOP]
KDDI
[TOP]
Softbank
#436 #old256 TOP U+E24C SJIS-F7EC
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🔝
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🔝
Decimal HTML Entity
🔝
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🔝
Hex Code Point(s)
1f51d
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F51D
Decimal Code Point(s)
128285
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x9D
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 9D
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 235
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD1D
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd1d
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56605
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F51D
UTF-32 Hex
01F51D
UTF-32 Dec
128285
Python Src
u"\U0001F51D"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\x9d"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD1D"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
