Upwards button Emoji

Symbols

A blue square featuring a bold, upward-pointing red triangle. It functions as a visual shorthand for increasing volume, scrolling to the top of a page, or indicating upward movement.

Usage Context

This icon is a staple in digital user interfaces for navigation. You will see it used to highlight the 'back to top' feature on websites, signify a price increase, or denote a higher rank in a competitive setting. It is frequently grouped with 🔽 or ◀️ when building directional controls or interactive menus.

History

Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010, the upwards button was modeled after the physical control buttons found on early audio/video players and digital media remote controls. Its design ensures quick legibility on small mobile displays.

Details

Glyph

🔼

Unicode

U+1F53C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f53c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD3C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory av-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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