Downwards Arrow
U+2193↓Symbol · decimal ↓
Down Arrow Symbols Copy & Paste
Browse 87 down arrow symbols for navigation, diagrams and layout. Mostly drawn from the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block.
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Down Arrow Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 87 entries, shown with their full detail. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Downwards Triple Arrow
U+290B⤋Symbol · decimal ⤋
South East Arrow
U+2198↘Emoji or pictograph · decimal ↘
Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards
U+21C1⇁Symbol · decimal ⇁
Downwards Dashed Arrow
U+21E3⇣Symbol · decimal ⇣
South West Arrow With Hook
U+2926⤦Symbol · decimal ⤦
Arrow Pointing Downwards Then Curving Leftwards
U+2936⤶Symbol · decimal ⤶
Downwards Harpoon With Barb Left Beside Upwards Harpoon With Barb Right
U+296F⥯Symbol · decimal ⥯
Bent Arrow Pointing Downwards Then North East
U+2B5E⭞Symbol · decimal ⭞
South East Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar
U+2B78⭸Symbol · decimal ⭸
Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Long Tip Leftwards
U+2BA0⮠Symbol · decimal ⮠
Downwards Two-Headed Arrow With Triangle Arrowheads
U+2BEF⯯Symbol · decimal ⯯
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Down Arrow Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Down arrows are used for downloads, dropdowns, decreases, scrolling and southward direction.
Direction and structure. Use them for movement, steps and layout. The page carries 87 distinct entries: 87 single characters and 0 sequences.
Representative names include Downwards Arrow, Downwards Triple Arrow, South East Arrow, Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Downwards Harpoon With (8), Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow (6), Downwards Arrow With (5). Single-character values span U+02C5 to U+2BEF.
Browse down arrow symbols by type
Symbol
82 entries
Emoji or pictograph
5 entries
Counted from the stored set
Encoded span for down arrow symbols
The span runs U+02C5 to U+2BEF. By Unicode general category that is symbol 87.
Name patterns that repeat
Sorting every formal name puts Downwards Harpoon With (8), Downwards Triangle-Headed Arrow (6), Downwards Arrow With (5) at the top.
Joiners, selectors and length
0 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 0 with a variation selector, the longest running to 1 code points.
How to choose the right form
Two look almost the same: South East Arrow and South East Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar. They are different characters: U+2198 and U+2B78. Start with symbol.
It is the biggest group, with 82. Only reach for emoji or pictograph when the narrower sense is the point. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 5 emoji, 82 plain.
Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
Downward arrows commonly indicate download, decrease, expand or move south. Carets, triangles and arrows have different standardized identities even when an interface uses them similarly.
82Symbol
Standalone marks that follow your font. 94% here.
5Emoji or pictograph
Drawn by the operating system, not your font. 6% here.
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Down Arrow Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
Pick from 87 down arrow symbols on this page. The largest set is symbol, with 82. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. Watch the 5 emoji. Unlike the 82 plain ones, you cannot change how they look.
Movement toward the bottom
A straight down arrow can mean south, fall, download, move lower, or show more content. The button label should name the action.
Downward branches and drops
South-east and south-west arrows add side movement. Heavy, dashed, hooked, and paired forms can show flow, descent, a menu, or a formal relation.
Interface checks
A down caret often opens a list while a download arrow may save a file. Add words such as Download, Expand, or Move down when readers could guess wrong.
Vocabulary for this topic
Useful terms when searching or describing down arrow symbols.
- Symbol
- Emoji or pictograph
- Down
- Arrow
- Download
- Decrease
- South
- Caret
- Downwards
- Triple
- East
- Rightwards
Quick comparison
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | ↓ ⇩ ⇓ | Navigation and directional notes | Treating Downwards Arrow and Downwards Triple Arrow as the same character |
| Emoji or pictograph | ⬇ ↕ ↘ | Flow diagrams and process steps | Treating the whole set as if it renders identically |
What the down arrow symbols inventory actually contains
Every figure below is counted from the 87 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (33), Arrows (26) and Supplemental Arrows-B (23).
| Group | Entries | Examples | Code points | Usual presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | 82 | ↓ ⇩ ⇓ | U+2193–U+21E9 | Text presentation |
| Emoji or pictograph | 5 | ⬇ ↕ ↘ | U+2195–U+2B07 | Emoji presentation |
Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.
Keep exploring this topic
Compare these choices with arrow symbols and up arrow symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Arrow Symbols: A Practical Direction and Navigation Guide. A faster route to the same point: how do i find the official name of a symbol?.
Tip: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it — plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use down arrow symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Navigation and directional notes
Downwards Arrow is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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Flow diagrams and process steps
Symbol suits flow diagrams and process steps. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Legends, swatches and text layouts
When creating legends, swatches and text layouts, paste the complete entry — all of these are single code points, so a partial copy is not a risk here.
Copy-ready down arrow symbols examples for navigation and directional notes
Navigation and directional notes
↓ Down Arrow referenceFlow diagrams and process steps
↓ ⇩ ⇓Legends, swatches and text layouts
⇓ down arrow ↓05
How to type these down arrow symbols directly
If you would rather type than paste, the codes below are what you need — the decimal value for Windows, the hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ | Downwards Arrow | Alt 8595 | 2193 | ↓ |
| ⤋ | Downwards Triple Arrow | Alt 10507 | 290B | ⤋ |
| ↘ | South East Arrow | Alt 8600 | 2198 | ↘ |
| ⇁ | Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards | Alt 8641 | 21C1 | ⇁ |
| ⇣ | Downwards Dashed Arrow | Alt 8675 | 21E3 | ⇣ |
| ⤦ | South West Arrow With Hook | Alt 10534 | 2926 | ⤦ |
Two limits apply to alt codes: a physical keypad, and a ceiling at U+FFFF. Each platform's method is spelled out in the keyboard guide.
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How down arrow symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
About 40% come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. The rest come from Arrows and Supplemental Arrows-B. You get two behaviours here.
82 are plain text. 5 are emoji and arrive in colour you cannot change.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
87Single characters
0Sequences
5Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with down arrow symbols
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Treating Downwards Arrow and Downwards Triple Arrow as the same character.
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Treating the whole set as if it renders identically.
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Treating these down arrow symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in arrow symbols.
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Reaching for one of the 5 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.
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Down Arrow Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between South East Arrow and South East Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: South East Arrow is U+2198 (HTML ↘) and South East Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar is U+2B78 (HTML ⭸). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for downwards arrow?+
Either reference works: ↓ or ↓. Both resolve to ↓. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Which down arrow symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
82 of the 87 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 5 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Which Unicode block are these down arrow symbols in?+
The answer is Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows, covering 33 of them; the rest come from Arrows and Supplemental Arrows-B. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Which down arrow symbol should I choose?+
Two look almost the same: <b>South East Arrow</b> and <b>South East Triangle-Headed Arrow To Bar</b>. They are different characters: U+2198 and U+2B78. Start with <b>symbol</b>. It is the biggest group, with <b>82</b>. Only reach for emoji or pictograph when the narrower sense is the point. Colour or no colour is the first choice: <b>5</b> emoji, <b>82</b> plain. Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
How many down arrow symbols are on this page?+
87: 87 single Unicode characters and 0 multi-code-point sequences, of which 5 carry emoji properties. They divide into 2 groups, the largest being symbol with 82 entries.
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Learn more about down arrow symbols
Tools that pair with down arrow symbols
Directional and geometric characters are commonly built into interface text, where animation frames and a check for hidden characters both matter.
Loading Animation PreviewPreview text-only loading frames, pause the motion and copy the sequence that fits your interface.Open the animation preview →Invisible Character InspectorReveal zero-width spaces, joiners and direction marks without changing the text you paste into the inspector.Open the text inspector →
The Symbol Maker assembles any of these into a framed, copyable line. Seven browser-based utilities are collected in the Unicode tools hub, which explains which one fits which job.
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The data behind this page
All counts derive from the 87 values actually stored for this collection. Rather than curating names by hand, this page reads them from the Unicode 17.0 database, and takes emoji membership from the standard's own data files.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data