↑


↑ 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|*}.[1]
    Antonym: ↓

Usage notes
  • (go): Arrows are iconically iterated: ⇑ ≡ ↑ + ↑; ⤊ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑; ⟰ ≡ ↑ + ↑ + ↑ + ↑. The evaluations ⟨↑ ⇑ ⤊ ⟰⟩ are equivalent to ⟨↓ ⇓ ⤋ ⟱⟩ with the positions of black and white reversed.[1]

References
  1. Elwyn Berlekamp & David Wolfe (1994) Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point, A. K. Peters Ltd, p. 18ff

Further reading

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
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