↑

↑ U+2191, ↑ UPWARDS ARROW ← ← [U+2190] Arrows → → [U+2192]

￪ U+FFEA, ￪ HALFWIDTH UPWARDS ARROW ← ￩ [U+FFE9] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￫ → [U+FFEB]

⬆ U+2B06, ⬆ UPWARDS BLACK ARROW ← ⬅ [U+2B05] Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⬇ → [U+2B07]

⇑ U+21D1, ⇑ UPWARDS DOUBLE ARROW ← ⇐ [U+21D0] Arrows ⇒ → [U+21D2]

⤊ U+290A, ⤊ UPWARDS TRIPLE ARROW ← ⤉ [U+2909] Supplemental Arrows-B ⤋ → [U+290B]

⟰ U+27F0, ⟰ UPWARDS QUADRUPLE ARROW ← ⟯ [U+27EF] Supplemental Arrows-A ⟱ → [U+27F1]

Translingual

Description

An arrow pointing up.

Symbol

↑

1. up, above
2. northward
3. (phonetics, text style only) |

   (a) egressive airstream mechanism when used with another letter, e.g. [ʘ↑]

   (b) exhalation when used alone, [↑].

   Antonym: ↓

4. (number theory, computer science) exponentiation

   Synonym: ^, **

5. (number theory) Knuth arrow
6. (go) an evaluation of a game position, up, in game-theory notation {0|*}.

   Antonym: ↓

Usage notes

• (go): Arrows are iconically iterated: ⇑ ≡ ↑ + ↑; ⤊ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑; ⟰ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑ + ↑. The evaluations ⟨↑ ⇑ ⤊ ⟰⟩ are equivalent to ⟨↓ ⇓ ⤋ ⟱⟩ with the positions of black and white reversed.

Further reading

• ↑ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ↑.

Symbol

↑

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Japan, slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.

Antonyms

• ↓

Japanese

Symbol

↑

1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.

Antonyms

• ↓