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Technical information
| Symbol | ↓ | |
| Name | Downwards arrow | |
| Unicode number | U+2193 | |
| Category | Triangle-headed arrows | |
| Description | The Unicode character ↓, or U+2193, is named "Downwards Arrow". It belongs to the "Arrows" block, which contains various straight and curved arrows used in many different contexts. This character falls under the "Symbol, Math" category, indicating its frequent use in mathematical and technical diagrams. Visually, the character is a straight arrow pointing downwards. It is often used to denote downward movement or direction. In diagrams or flowcharts, it can be used to indicate the next step in a process, or in mathematics, it can represent a function mapping from one set to a lower set. The exact interpretation of the downwards arrow can depend greatly on the context in which it is used. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ↓ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ↓ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ↓ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%86%93 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x86 0x93 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10000110:10010011 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2193 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002193 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2193" | |
| CSS Code | \2193 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2193" | |
| Perl | \x{2193} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2193" | |
| Python 3 | \u2193 | |
| Ruby | \u{2193} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ↓ in sentence and in bold like this ↓ and in italic like this ↓.
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HTML Forms and Input
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
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span {
content: "\2193";
}The symbol in different fonts
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