EmojiKite

Downwards button emoji 🔽

Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F53D

What 🔽 means

The keywords Unicode lists for 🔽 are arrow, button, down, downwards, red. They show what people use it for.

Search for arrow or button on your emoji keyboard and 🔽 is among the results.

You will find 🔽 among the media buttons (25 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ⏬ ⏸️ ⏹️ ⏺️.

Will 🔽 show on my friend's phone?

One of the first emoji ever: 🔽 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.

How to type 🔽

Search for downwards button in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔽.

Codes for developers

Under the hood, 🔽 is one code point (U+1F53D), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.

Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.

Code pointsU+1F53D
HTML (hex)🔽
HTML (decimal)🔽
CSScontent: "\1F53D";
JavaScript\u{1F53D}
URL%F0%9F%94%BD
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F 94 BD

Names in other languages

The CLDR name of 🔽 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.

More emoji like this

All symbols emoji →

Questions people ask

What does the downwards button emoji mean?

Unicode calls 🔽 "downwards button" and links it with arrow, button, down, downwards. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the media buttons subgroup of symbols.

When was the downwards button 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 downwards button emoji?

Search for downwards button in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔽.

Copy it yourself

Your browser blocked automatic copying. The text is selected: long-press it and choose Copy (or press Ctrl+C / ⌘C).

Copy as

Open the full page →