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In SGML, HTML and XML documents, the logical constructs known as character data and attribute values consist of sequences of characters, in which each character can manifest directly (representing itself), or can be represented by a series of characters called a character reference, of which there are two types: a numeric character reference and a character entity reference.
It was added to Unicode 3.2, but the symbol has been present in works prior to its release. The name is from an abbreviation of its ISO 9573-13 name, "Angle with Down Zig-zag Arrow", [1] also reflected in its Unicode name, "Right Angle with Downwards Zigzag Arrow". Its HTML entity reference, originally defined in ISO 9573-13, is ⍼. [1]
The format is the same as for any entity reference: &name; where name is the case-sensitive name of the entity. The semicolon is required. Because numbers are harder for humans to remember than names, character entity references are most often written by humans, while numeric character references are most often produced by computer programs. [1]
The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents, [1] and the LaTeX symbol.
↑, upwards arrow, a Unicode arrow symbol; ↑, ↑, a HTML or XML character entity ↑, codepoint 8A (hex) in EBCDIC Code page 293, used for writing APL; ↑, the glyph for character 94 (decimal) in ASCII until 1967, when it was replaced by the caret (^).
Advertising billboards in Okazaki, Japan, featuring many different arrow symbols An arrow is a graphical symbol , such as ← or →, or a pictogram , used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle , chevron , or concave kite , usually affixed to a line segment or rectangle , [ 1 ] and in more complex forms a ...
The Arrows block contains eight emoji: U+2194–U+2199 and U+21A9–U+21AA. [3] [4]The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji, all of which default to a text presentation.
Supplemental Arrows-A is a Unicode block containing various arrow symbols. ... Asmus; Ion, Patrick (2001-04-02), Additional Mathematical Symbols: L2/01-147 (pdf, html ...