Technical information

Symbol
NameDownwards white arrow
Unicode numberU+21E9
CategoryWhite arrows
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⇩, or U+21E9, is known as the "Downwards White Arrow". It is a part of the "Arrows" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Math" category in the Unicode standard. This character is represented as a white, or hollow, arrow pointing downwards. In mathematics and various scientific fields, it can be used to indicate a downward direction or movement. It may also be used in diagrams or flowcharts to represent a step or process that leads to another below it.

Encoding

HTML Entity⇩
HTML Entity (hex)⇩
URL Escape Code%E2%87%A9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x87 0xA9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000111:10101001
UTF-160x21E9
UTF-320x000021E9

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u21E9"
CSS Code\21E9
JavaScript"\u21E9"
Perl\x{21E9}
Python 2u"\u21E9"
Python 3\u21E9
Ruby\u{21E9}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⇩ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8681;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\21E9";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References