The left arrow curving right is the digital equivalent of doing a sudden pivot and saying, “Anyway…” It’s a curved arrow that ends pointing to the right, perfect for nudging a convo in a new direction, forwarding something along, or pulling a slick segue when the tea gets too hot. People use it to signal a redirect—link over there, next slide to the right, thread continues in the reply—basically, a smooth handoff with a little flourish. In meme-speak, it screams plot twist, detour, or a strategic swerve away from chaos.
On Apple/iOS, this shows as a solid, right-pointing arrow with a crisp 90° hook coming in from the left of the shaft—monochrome and clean, like a serious UI glyph with zero background box. It looks like the “forward” icon you’ve seen in email apps, so it often reads as “pass it on” or “move it along.” Expect ironic uses too: redirecting bad vibes, dodging nosy questions, or playfully flirty reroutes like, “So… dinner?” It’s also handy in captions and comments to point readers to the content on the right—carousel slides, the next tweet, or that all-important link.
Bonus clarity: it’s the sibling of the reply-style ↩️ (right arrow curving left) and not the Return key symbol ⏎. Think rightward momentum, tidy course correction, and a gentle but unmistakable nudge to keep scrolling.
Definition
Right back at cha.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1784 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
:arrow_right_hook:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Rightwards Arrow with Hook
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Arrows
Unicode Range
2190–21FF
Unicode Subcategory
Arrows with Modifications
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
RIGHTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK Temporary Notes: Enter arrow (backwards)
Symbol Information
↪ U+21AA unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-B88
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
└→
KDDI
#117 回り矢印１ 「回ri矢印１」 U+E55C SJIS-F778 JIS-7759
Softbank
└→
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
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)
21aa
Formal Unicode Notation
U+21AA
Decimal Code Point(s)
8618
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x86 0xAA
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 86 AA
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 206 252
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x21AA
UTF-16 Hex
21aa
UTF-16 Dec
8618
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000021AA
UTF-32 Hex
21AA
UTF-32 Dec
8618
Python Src
u"\u21AA"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x86\xaa"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u21AA"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
↪️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
↪️
Decimal HTML Entity
↪ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
↪ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
21aa, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+21AA, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
8618, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x86 0xAA, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 86 AA, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 206 252, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x21AA, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
21aa, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
8618, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000021AA 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
21AA, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
8618, 65039
Python Src
u"\u21AA\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x86\xaa\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u21AA\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
