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Up-down arrow emoji ↕️

Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2195 U+FE0F

What ↕️ means

Up-down arrow ↕️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: arrow, up-down.

Those words also drive emoji search: try arrow or up-down 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 up-down arrow into the emoji search.

Codes for developers

A character counter sees ↕️ as 2 code points, U+2195 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 pointsU+2195 U+FE0F
HTML (hex)↕️
HTML (decimal)↕️
CSScontent: "\2195 \FE0F";
JavaScript\u2195\uFE0F
URL%E2%86%95%EF%B8%8F
UTF-8 bytesE2 86 95 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.

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Questions people ask

What does the up-down arrow emoji mean?

Unicode calls ↕️ "up-down arrow" and links it with arrow, up-down. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.

When was the up-down 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 up-down arrow emoji?

To find ↕️ quickly, type up-down arrow into the emoji search.

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