↖️ Up-Left Arrow

↖️ Up-Left Arrow is one of the arrows in Unicode's Symbols group. People send it when the subject is arrow, direction, intercardinal and northwest. Unicode also files it under up-left, which shows how widely it is read.

↖️ works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Symbols and Signs. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+2196.

• ↖️ on its own already flags the topic: arrow.
• Fits messages about arrow, direction, intercardinal and northwest.
• Often seen near ↕️ Up-Down Arrow, ⬅️ Left Arrow and ↙️ Down-Left Arrow.

• ↖️⬇️ – Up-Left Arrow and Down Arrow
• ↖️↩️ – Up-Left Arrow with Right Arrow Curving Left
• ↖️↪️ – Up-Left Arrow plus Left Arrow Curving Right
• ↖️↗️ – Up-Left Arrow and Up-Right Arrow
• ↖️↕️ – Up-Left Arrow with Up-Down Arrow
• ↖️⬅️ – Up-Left Arrow plus Left Arrow

Easy to mix up with ↕️ Up-Down Arrow, ⬅️ Left Arrow or ↙️ Down-Left Arrow. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.