This little crimson wedge is the minimalist hype man of your keyboard—dramatically pointing north to say “up we go.” People drop it next to stock talk, gym PRs, and glow-up posts to radiate rise-and-grind energy without even typing “up.” It also moonlights as a DIY upvote, a cheeky “scroll up,” or a subtle pointer to the comment or link above—like the cooler cousin of the old-school caret (^). Meme-wise, it slides into pyramid-scheme jokes, Illuminati gags, and chart-spike reactions with equal enthusiasm.
On iOS, the red triangle pointed up shows as a clean, equilateral triangle with a glossy cherry-to-crimson gradient, softly rounded corners, and a sharp apex that feels laser-precise. No outline, no extras—just bold, geometric, stop-the-scroll red. Stack a few in a row for dramatic emphasis (🔺🔺🔺), or use it sarcastically when things are “looking up” after a flop. It’s great for headers, list dividers, and making your caption feel like it’s wearing power heels—elevated, pointed, and ready to be noticed.
Definition
A red triangle that is pointing up. A user interface emoji used to aid navigation. Used to add color or emphasis to communication. Despite its name, not always displayed in the color red.
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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)
1208 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
:small_red_triangle:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Up-Pointing Red Triangle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
UP-POINTING RED TRIANGLE Old name: UP-POINTING TRIANGLE-1 Temporary Notes: Triangle (pointing up). disunified from U+25B2 due to source separation rule (Shift_JIS).
Symbol Information
U+1F53A proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B78
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
▲
KDDI
#88 上三角３ U+E55A SJIS-F776 JIS-7757
Softbank
▲
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)
1f53a
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F53A
Decimal Code Point(s)
128314
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xBA
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 BA
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 272
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD3A
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd3a
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56634
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F53A
UTF-32 Hex
01F53A
UTF-32 Dec
128314
Python Src
u"\U0001F53A"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xba"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD3A"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
