↑

See also: 𐍊

↑ U+2191, ↑ UPWARDS ARROW ← ← [U+2190] Arrows → → [U+2192]

Character variations

￪ U+FFEA, ￪ HALFWIDTH UPWARDS ARROW ← ￩ [U+FFE9] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￫ → [U+FFEB]

Text style	Emoji style
⬆︎	⬆️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
⬆ U+2B06, ⬆ UPWARDS BLACK ARROW ← ⬅ [U+2B05] Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⬇ → [U+2B07]

Translingual

Description

An arrow pointing up.

Symbol

↑

1. Up, above.

   Antonym: ↓

2. Northward.
3. Indicating an increase or elevation.

   Antonym: ↓

4. (phonetics)

   (a) (rare) egressive airstream mechanism when used with a letter for an ingressive sound, e.g. [ʘ↑]

   (b) exhalation when used alone, [↑].

   Antonym: ↓

5. (number theory, computer science) exponentiation

   Synonym: ^, **

6. (number theory) Knuth arrow
7. (go) an evaluation of a game position, up, in combinatorial-game-theory notation: {0|*}.

   Antonym: ↓

8. (computing) The up-arrow key on a computer keyboard, used for navigation and various keyboard commands.

Usage notes

• (go): Arrows are iconically iterated: ⇑ ≡ ↑ + ↑; ⤊ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑; ⟰ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑ + ↑. The evaluations ⟨↑ ⇑ ⤊ ⟰⟩ are equivalent to ⟨↓ ⇓ ⤋ ⟱⟩ with the positions of black and white reversed.

Further reading

• ↑ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ↑.

Symbol

↑

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Japan, slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.

Antonyms

• ↓

Japanese

Symbol

↑

1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.
2. (informal) "Or more"; used after a number to indicate that someone is that age or older.

   20↑

   20+

Antonyms

• ↓