↖

North West Arrow

U+2196
↖

The ↖ north west arrow is commonly copied for diagonal direction, corner movement, layout cues when the goal is structure, not just decoration.

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

Text symbolsarrowdiagonalnorth westcornerdirection

Where people actually use this symbol

Lists and navigation copy

↖ is practical in menus, bullet lists, directions, steps, and UI labels where the eye needs a quick visual pointer.

Where it works better than emoji

↖ is usually better than emoji when the goal is clean text structure, predictable alignment, and a lighter visual footprint. Emoji win on emotion; symbols win on control and clarity.

Alternative symbols to compare

→
Text symbols
Right Arrow
U+2192

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

←
Text symbols
Left Arrow
U+2190

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

↑
Text symbols
Up Arrow
U+2191

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

↓
Text symbols
Down Arrow
U+2193

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

↕
Text symbols
Up Down Arrow
U+2195

Navigation, next steps, and interface labels.

Related emoji

➡️
symbols
right arrow
arrows

A right arrow, one of the simplest symbols for moving ahead, continuing, next steps, or looking to what follows.

arrowcardinaldirection
⬅️
symbols
left arrow
arrows

A left arrow, commonly used for going back, returning, previous steps, or pointing toward something on the left side.

arrowcardinaldirection
↔️
symbols
left-right arrow
arrows

A left-right arrow, useful for exchange, movement between two sides, or showing a two-way relationship.

arrowleft-right

Symbol details

Category
Text Symbols
Unicode
U+2196
HTML
↖
ASCII
No