↓

↓ U+2193, ↓ DOWNWARDS ARROW ← → [U+2192] Arrows ↔ → [U+2194]

Character variations

￬ U+FFEC, ￬ HALFWIDTH DOWNWARDS ARROW ← ￫ [U+FFEB] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￭ → [U+FFED]

Text style	Emoji style
⬇︎	⬇️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
⬇ U+2B07, ⬇ DOWNWARDS BLACK ARROW ← ⬆ [U+2B06] Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⬈ → [U+2B08]

Translingual

Description

An arrow pointing down.

Symbol

↓

1. Down, below.
2. Southward.
3. Indicating a decrease or reduction.

   Antonym: ↑

   • 2019, Antonis Fanouriakis, George Bertsias, “Changing paradigms in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus”, in Lupus Science & Medicine, volume 6 (in English), →DOI, page 3:

     Tapering scheme   ↓ 5 mg q week […]
     [Figure 2 A proposed algorithm for the handling of glucocorticoid (GC) therapy in patients with active or flaring SLE.]

4. (phonetics)

   (a) Ingressive airstream mechanism when used with a letter for a (pulmonic) egressive sound, e.g. [s↓], [a↓], or percussive, e.g. [ʬ↓] for lips smacking apart, or (rarely) implosives such as [pʼ↓] for [ɓ̥].

   (b) Inhalation when used alone: [↓].

   Antonym: ↑

5. (chemistry) precipitate, precipitation
6. (go) an evaluation of a game position, down, defined as −↑ = {*|0}.

   Antonym: ↑

7. (computing) The down-arrow key on a computer keyboard, used for navigation and various keyboard commands.

Usage notes

(go): The evaluations ⟨↓ ⇓ ⤋ ⟱⟩ are equivalent to ⟨↑ ⇑ ⤊ ⟰⟩ with the positions of black and white reversed.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ↓.

Symbol

↓

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Japan, slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

Antonyms

• ↑

Japanese

Symbol

↓

1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

Antonyms

• ↑