An arrow pointing straight up, one of eight compass directions rendered in the same plain style. People drop it under someone else's message to mean this or what they said without retyping a word, lean on it as a stand-in upvote on apps that skip a real vote button, and use it as a plain scroll-up cue.
What ⬆️ means
A thick, but short white arrow printed onto a blue square that's characterized by rounded corners. The width and length of the arrow would vary across different platforms.
The ⬆️ Up Arrow emoji indicates upward motion/movement. Apart from a key on the keyboard, this emoji also suggests a sense of moving 'higher', getting better, and an overall mark of improvement.
How and when to use it
- While talking about 'growth' and it's many other synonyms generally, bring in ⬆️. For instance, "I'm so proud of your progress! ⬆️" or "Here are some growth statistics of my mental health ⬆️".
- If you're texting someone to think big or be the bigger person and other such reassurances, you may use ⬆️. Like, "Think big, dude ⬆️ Don't fall into the same ditch they eat from" or "You're a much bigger person than all of them combined ⬆️".
- From the 'keyboard' perspective, ⬆️ essentially means to 'move upwards' or in other words, to move higher. So, it doesn't matter if the framework is spirituality, employment, or standard of living ⬆️ could support all such causes.
- While suggesting an increase, then too, you can use ⬆️. For example, "There's been a great increase in my tolerance these days! ⬆️ I just stop giving a damn after the first few minutes!".
Other Names
- ⬆️ Upward Arrow
- ⬆️ Arrow Showing Up
- ⬆️ Moving Higher
- ⬆️ Growth
- ⬆️ Increase
- ⬆️ Improvement
- ⬆️ Arrow Pointing Up
- ⬆️ Upwards Black Arrow
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › arrow
- Codepoints
U+2B06 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:arrow_up:GitHub- Keywords
- arrow, cardinal, direction, north, up
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ⬆️ Up Arrow or 🇵🇬 Flag: Papua New Guinea?