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U+2193 · DOWNWARDS ARROW

Downwards Arrow

  • CodepointU+2193
  • NameDOWNWARDS ARROW
  • Decimal8595
  • BlockArrows (U+2190–U+21FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2193 (↓) is DOWNWARDS ARROW, a mathematical symbol in the Arrows block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ↓

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 86 933 bytes
UTF-1621931 code unit
UTF-32000021934 bytes
HTML named↓named character reference
HTML named↓named character reference
HTML named↓named character reference
HTML decimal↓
HTML hex↓
CSS\2193in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2193
JSON\u2193
Python\u2193
Python\N{DOWNWARDS ARROW}by name
Java / C#\u2193
C / C++\u2193universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2193}
Go\u2193
Ruby\u2193
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8595)
URL-encoded%E2%86%93percent-encoded UTF-8
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Characters built on ↓

U+FFEC￬Halfwidth Downwards Arrow
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Nearby in Arrows

All in block →
U+2190←Leftwards Arrow U+2191↑Upwards Arrow U+2192→Rightwards Arrow U+2194↔Left Right Arrow U+2195↕Up Down Arrow U+2196↖North West Arrow U+2197↗North East Arrow U+2198↘South East Arrow U+2199↙South West Arrow