↝
Right Wave Arrow
- Unicode
- U+219D
- Category
- Arrows
- HTML Entity
- ↝
- CSS
- \219D
The ↝ (rightwards wave arrow) symbol is a distinct typographical character from the Unicode Arrows block. While mathematicians and computer scientists use it to denote surjective functions or state transitions, it has also found a home in casual text. You might see it used creatively on social media to represent a winding journey, a quirky connection, or a less-than-straightforward path from point A to point B.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+8605 or type 219D then press Alt+X (in Word)
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'rightwards wave arrow'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 219d and press Enter
- HTML
- ↝ or ↝
In Programming
In LaTeX (unicode-math) this symbol is generated with the \rightwavearrow command, and MathML knows it as the rightsquigarrow entity; it is used to represent state transitions in automata theory, stochastic processes, or surjective mappings.
Tags
aesthetic arrow
arrow
curly right arrow
direction
right
squiggle
state transition
surjective function
text decoration
wave right arrow
wavy
winding path