HTML character codes for this ▲ or this ▼
What are the HTML entity character codes for this up arrow (▲
) and its downward-facing dog version (▼
) ?
I've been using GIFs to represent these arrows since I don't know their codes.
- ▲ is U+25B2 BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE and it's decimal character entity is
▲
- ▼ is U+25BC BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE and it's decimal character entity is
▼
I usually use the excellent Gucharmap to look up Unicode characters. It's installed on all recent Linux installations with Gnome under the name "Character Map". I don't know of any equivalent tools for Windows or Mac OS X, but its homepage lists a few.
The Big and small black triangles facing the 4 directions can be represented thus:
▲
▲
▴
▴
▶
▶
▸
▸
►
►
▼
▼
▾
▾
◀
◀
◂
◂
◄
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