Meaning
The ON! arrow is a bold red symbol featuring the word "ON!" in white uppercase letters inside a rounded rectangle, with a thick rightward-pointing arrow extending to its right. The design is clean and attention-grabbing, resembling a control button or status indicator you'd find on electronic devices.
This emoji works as a digital equivalent of pressing a power button or activating something. People use it to signal that they're ready, available, or that something is active and happening right now. It's particularly popular in gaming contexts ("I'm on!"), dating apps, and social media when someone wants to show they're in the zone or prepared for action.
The arrow emphasizes forward momentum and readiness, making it useful for announcing your presence in group chats or confirming you're engaged with whatever's about to happen. It bridges the gap between old-school computer UI symbols and modern messaging culture, giving it a nostalgic yet functional appeal.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this symbol has remained a niche but reliable way to communicate activation or availability in digital conversations.
Common Uses
- • Signaling you're ready and present
- • Announcing you're online or active
- • Confirming you're in for something
- • Emphasizing readiness in gaming or competitions
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The ON! arrow design was inspired by classic electronic device controls, making it one of the few emoji that directly references physical technology interfaces from the pre-smartphone era.
Keywords
Related Emoji
Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:on: :on: :on: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🔛 |
| HTML (hex) | 🔛 |
| CSS | \1F51B |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDD1B |
| Python | \U0001F51B |
| Java | \uD83D\uDD1B |
| Perl | \x{1F51B} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F51B} |
| Punycode | xn--2qzf |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%94%9B |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x9B |
🔛 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | অন! তীর |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ON! 箭头 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ON |
| Danish | ON!-dobbeltpil |
| Dutch | ON!-pijl |
| English | ON! arrow |
| English (UK) | ON! arrow |
| Estonian | nool ON! |
| Finnish | ON!-nuoli |
| French | flèche Activé |
| German | ON!-Pfeil |
| Hindi | on! तीर |
| Hungarian | bekapcsolva nyíl |
| Italian | freccia ON |
| Japanese | ON矢印 |
| Korean | 켜짐 |
| Lithuanian | rodyklė su užrašu „On!“ |
| Malay | anak panah ON! |
| Norwegian | ON!-pil |
| Polish | strzałka z napisem ON! |
| Portuguese | seta "ON!" |
| Russian | стрелка «активно» |
| Spanish | flecha ON! |
| Spanish (Mexico) | flecha ON! |
| Swedish | ON! med pil höger och vänster ovanför |
| Thai | เปิด |
| Ukrainian | стрілка [ON!] |
| Vietnamese | mũi tên ON! |