Down-left arrow emoji ↙️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2199 U+FE0F
What ↙️ means
Down-left arrow ↙️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: arrow, direction, down-left, intercardinal, southwest.
Those words also drive emoji search: try arrow or direction on your phone to find ↙️.
On the emoji keyboard, ↙️ sits with the arrows (21 emoji) inside symbols, which has 224 emoji, for example ⬅️ ↖️ ↕️ ↔️.
Will ↙️ show on my friend's phone?
↙️ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ↙️
To find ↙️ quickly, type down-left arrow into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type down-left arrow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type down-left arrow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type down-left arrow.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ↙️ as 2 code points, U+2199 U+FE0F: 6 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2199 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ↙️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ↙️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2199 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2199\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%86%99%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 86 99 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ↙️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | down-left arrow |
| Português | seta para baixo e para a esquerda |
| Español | flecha hacia la esquina inferior izquierda |
| Italiano | freccia in basso a sinistra |
| Français | flèche bas gauche |
| Deutsch | Pfeil nach links unten |
| Türkçe | sol aşağı ok |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah kiri bawah |
| Polski | strzałka w dół w lewo |
| Русский | стрелка влево-вниз |
| 日本語 | 左下矢印 |
| 한국어 | 왼쪽 아래 화살표 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the down-left arrow emoji mean?
Unicode calls ↙️ "down-left arrow" and links it with arrow, direction, down-left, intercardinal. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.
When was the down-left arrow emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the down-left arrow emoji?
To find ↙️ quickly, type down-left arrow into the emoji search.