Meaning
The SOON arrow displays the word "SOON" in white capital letters within a bright blue rounded rectangle, paired with a rightward-pointing arrow. The color scheme—primarily blue and white—gives it a clean, official appearance, like a road sign or scheduled notification.
This emoji is all about timing and anticipation. People deploy it when something's coming but not quite here yet—an update rolling out, an event happening later, a reply arriving shortly, or plans materializing. It's become shorthand for "omw" (on my way), "brb" (be right back), and that universal feeling of "hang tight, good things incoming."
You'll see it peppered throughout social media when creators tease upcoming releases, streamers hint at announcements, or friends signal they're heading your way. The directional arrow reinforces the "moving toward you" vibe, making it perfect for building hype or managing expectations.
The SOON arrow has been a staple since Unicode Emoji 0.6 (2010), and it remains one of the most intuitive symbols for communicating near-future events without being annoyingly vague.
Common Uses
- • Teasing an upcoming announcement or release
- • Telling friends you're on your way
- • Building anticipation for an event
- • Indicating a delayed response is coming
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
SOON has become internet slang for deliberately vague timelines—like when game developers say "coming soon" and then release nothing for years, inspiring countless memes.
Keywords
Related Emoji
Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:soon: :soon: :soon: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🔜 |
| HTML (hex) | 🔜 |
| CSS | \1F51C |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDD1C |
| Python | \U0001F51C |
| Java | \uD83D\uDD1C |
| Perl | \x{1F51C} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F51C} |
| Punycode | xn--2qzg |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%94%9C |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x9C |
🔜 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শীঘ্র তীর |
| Chinese (Simplified) | SOON 箭头 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 馬上 |
| Danish | SOON-pil |
| Dutch | SOON-pijl |
| English | SOON arrow |
| English (UK) | SOON arrow |
| Estonian | nool SOON |
| Finnish | SOON-nuoli |
| French | flèche Bientôt |
| German | SOON-Pfeil |
| Hindi | SOON तीर |
| Hungarian | hamarosan nyíl |
| Italian | freccia SOON |
| Japanese | SOON矢印 |
| Korean | 곧 |
| Lithuanian | rodyklė su užrašu „Soon“ |
| Malay | anak panah ‘SOON’ |
| Norwegian | SOON-pil |
| Polish | strzałka z napisem SOON |
| Portuguese | seta "SOON" |
| Russian | стрелка «скоро» |
| Spanish | flecha SOON |
| Spanish (Mexico) | flecha SOON |
| Swedish | Soon med högerpil ovanför |
| Thai | สัญลักษณ์เร็วๆ นี้ |
| Ukrainian | стрілка [SOON] |
| Vietnamese | mũi tên SOON |