Think of the fast up button as the vertical cousin of fast-forward: two stacked triangles pointing skyward like they’ve got somewhere better to be. On Apple/iOS it pops as a glossy blue rounded square with two crisp white triangles aimed straight up, minimalist and instantly tap-able, like a snappy "Back to Top" badge. People drop it when they want to jump to the top of a convo, hype someone’s glow-up, or signal “let’s level up, quickly.” It plays nice with stock/crypto banter, gym PR brags, and any “we go up” moment that needs speed lines.
Used sarcastically, it says “skip the boring part and take me to the good stuff,” or “elevator, but make it turbo.” In meme-speak it can double as an upvote vibe or an algorithm nudge—bump the thread, boost the post, ascend the timeline. It even sneaks into flirty chats as a playful “take this higher” without getting too spicy. Visually, those double arrows are the whole point: no bar, no extra icons, just a clean vertical push that feels like holding a game controller’s D-pad up.
Definition
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1207 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_double_up:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Up-Pointing Double Triangle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode Range
2300–23FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK UP-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE Temporary Notes: Fast forward (up)
Symbol Information
U+23EB proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B03
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
▲
KDDI
#35 上三角２ U+E545 SJIS-F761 JIS-7742
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)
23eb
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23EB
Decimal Code Point(s)
9195
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xAB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F AB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 253
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23EB
UTF-16 Hex
23eb
UTF-16 Dec
9195
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023EB
UTF-32 Hex
23EB
UTF-32 Dec
9195
Python Src
u"\u23EB"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xab"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23EB"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 18 - 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)
23eb, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23EB, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9195, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xAB, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F AB, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 253, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23EB, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
23eb, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9195, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023EB 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
23EB, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9195, 65039
Python Src
u"\u23EB\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xab\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23EB\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
