🔎 Right-pointing Magnifying Glass

How to type Right-pointing Magnifying Glass on Mac / Windows / Linux?

Windows: Use the Emoji Panel (Win + .) or copy/paste 🔎.

macOS: Use Character Viewer (Control + Command + Space) and search by name, or copy/paste.

Linux: Use the Character Map app or a Compose key sequence, then paste into your app.

How to type Right-pointing Magnifying Glass on iOS / Android?

On iOS, long-press the globe/emoji key and search in the symbol picker, or paste the symbol.

On Android, open the symbols keyboard or use your app’s character panel, then paste.

How to add Right-pointing Magnifying Glass in HTML?

Use an HTML entity, a decimal code, or a hex code. All of them render the same symbol in your markup.

<span>&#128270; symbol</span>

<span>&#128270; symbol</span>

<span>&#x1F50E; symbol</span>

How to add Right-pointing Magnifying Glass in CSS?

CSS escapes work inside the content property. This is most useful with ::before or ::after.

.symbol::after {
  content: "\01F50E";
}

<span class="symbol"></span>

How to add Right-pointing Magnifying Glass in JavaScript / JSON?

Use Unicode escapes in strings for a stable, language-neutral representation.

const symbol = "\u{1F50E}";
console.log(symbol);

{
  "symbol": "\uD83D\uDD0E"
}

How to add Right-pointing Magnifying Glass in URL / Query string?

Use percent-encoding. In JavaScript, use encodeURIComponent.

https://example.com?q=%F0%9F%94%8E

How to add Right-pointing Magnifying Glass in Word / Google Docs / Excel?

In Word or Google Docs, go to Insert → Symbol (or Special Characters) and search the Unicode name.

In Word, you can type 1F50E and press Alt+X to convert it.

=UNICHAR(128270)

Encoding notes

UTF-8 and UTF-16 byte sequences are listed above for developer tools, debugging, or data pipelines.