Sagittarius Emoji
The archer's arrow, covering roughly 22 November to 21 December.
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Meaning & usage
What does the Sagittarius emoji mean?
The archer's arrow, covering roughly 22 November to 21 December.
Direct and outward-facing. The arrow makes it the most legible of the twelve to someone who does not know the zodiac at all.
How to use ♐ naturally
Astrology content, birthdays and bios.
Reaction symbols work like visual emphasis: they reinforce a word, rate an idea or replace a short response. Repetition normally increases intensity, but it can also make a message feel more performative.
From standard to slang
The history of ♐
- 2010
First defined as emoji
According to Unicode’s Emoji Versions data, Sagittarius was first defined as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. That label is retrospective: Unicode applied it later to the early mobile core it inherited from the Japanese carriers.
- Before the keyboard
Its visual roots
An arrow with a crossbar through the shaft. The crossbar is what stops it being read as a plain directional arrow.
- Today
How its use evolved
Astrology content, birthdays and bios.
Dates follow Unicode’s official Emoji Versions chart. Versions before Emoji 1.0 are labelled retrospectively. See the history of emoji.
In conversation
Examples of ♐ in messages
These examples show the emoji in complete messages, where the words make its intended tone easier to read.
Booked another flight ♐
December birthday, just before the rush ♐
♐ sun and permanently mid-plan
When to use it
Using ♐ clearly
Astrology content, birthdays and bios. It lands as sagittarius emoji or ♐ meaning when the rest of the message supports that reading, and it is the surrounding words that do the deciding — so in a sensitive, professional or cross-cultural conversation, say the thing outright as well.
Common questions
About the sagittarius emoji
What does ♐ mean in a text message?
The archer's arrow, covering roughly 22 November to 21 December. Direct and outward-facing. The arrow makes it the most legible of the twelve to someone who does not know the zodiac at all.
Is ♐ always positive?
Not always. Its usual readings are sagittarius emoji, ♐ meaning, sagittarius zodiac symbol, and irony or the relationship between the people can flip any of them.
Why does ♐ look different on another device?
U+2650 identifies the emoji; the picture is a font, drawn separately by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. Only the artwork changes, never the character.
How do I copy and paste the sagittarius emoji?
Use the copy button at the top of this page. ♐ is a character, not an image, so it pastes into messages, captions and filenames as ordinary text.
When was the sagittarius emoji introduced?
Unicode’s Emoji Versions data first records ♐ as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. Early emoji version numbers can be retrospective, so this date describes its place in the standardised emoji set rather than the first-ever appearance of the underlying symbol.
Easily confused
♐ compared with similar emoji
These sit close enough in meaning that people reach for the wrong one. Here is what actually separates them.
Sagittarius or Right Arrow?
♐ is a zodiac glyph, not a direction marker. Its crossbar is what distinguishes it, and using it where ➡️ belongs reads as a sign rather than an instruction.
For developers
♐ in code
Every value below is generated from the character itself, so it stays correct even where a file encoding cannot hold the emoji directly.
| Format | Value | When to use it | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2650 | The standard reference. Use it to search a character map or a spec. | |
| HTML (hex) | ♐ | For HTML and XML. Safe in files that are not saved as UTF-8. | |
| HTML (decimal) | ♐ | The same reference in decimal. Both render identically. | |
| CSS | \2650 | For the content property. Keep the quotes around the whole value. | |
| JavaScript | \u{2650} | A string-literal escape. Needs the u flag inside a regular expression. | |
| URL-encoded | %E2%99%90 | Percent-encoded UTF-8, for query strings and API requests. |
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Emoji details
- Unicode
- U+2650
- Category
- Symbols & Reactions
- Also known as
- sagittarius emoji♐ meaningsagittarius zodiac symbol
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