Up-right arrow emoji meaning

The up-right arrow emoji is an arrow pointing diagonally toward the upper right. It is commonly displayed as a white arrow set against a blue square background, depending on the platform. This emoji often symbolizes movement or progress in a northeast direction, both literally, such as on a compass, and figuratively, representing positive change, growth, or forward-thinking actions. It is versatile and widely used in various contexts to indicate improvement, advancement, or heading toward new opportunities.

The up-right arrow emoji was approved in Unicode 1.1 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026