⬆️ Up arrow
⬆️ Emoji meaning
Increase, improvement, priority, up arrow, and north.
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⬆️ Meaning
The arrow indicates the direction: symbolically or literally. “Things are looking up again!“ Or “I already told you in my previous message.“
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Upwards black arrow vs north east arrow; both indicate upward movement or positive change.
Up-pointing red triangle vs upwards arrow; both used to show increase or going up.
Direction Variant
Up down arrow vs upwards arrow; both indicate vertical motion, one bi-directional, one single.
TOP arrow vs upwards arrow; both indicating going to the top or moving upward.
Fast up button vs upwards arrow; both vertical up arrows used to move quickly upwards.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Up arrow” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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