Where is anode location on diode symbol? front or rear?

The cathode of a diode is marked by a band around the body of the device. In the symbol used is a schematic, the arrow shape is the anode, the bar is the cathode. Front or rear is relative to what you think of it as being. The best thing.n to recognize at least the bar, which is the cathode, and the stripe on the physical device as being the cathode as well.