Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⬆️Up Arrow Emoji
Generally, the ⬆️ emoji just means “up.” People use it to indicate direction, an increase, or something being above another thing.
The ⬆️ emoji is a simple up arrow.
- Unicode
- U+2B06 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :arrow_
up: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⬆️ Up Arrow emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Up Arrow emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+2B06 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your up arrow looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Up Arrow emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :arrow_up:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+2B06.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⬆️ Up Arrow emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2B06 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Up Arrow emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Up Arrow emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around up arrow for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ⬆️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the up arrow and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What ⬆️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — Difference
⬆️ vs ➡️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Up Arrow
Code: U+2B06 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_up:
Generally, the ⬆️ emoji just means “up.”
Unicode name: Right Arrow
Code: U+27A1 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_right:
Usually, it just means “right” or “forward.”
11 — History
Where the ⬆️ Up Arrow emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+2B06 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
⬆️ existed there as
KDDI au E53F, SoftBank E232.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Up Arrow was approved as U+2B06 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ⬆️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ