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downwards paired arrows

Downwards paired arrows

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⇊ is two separate down arrows side by side. In everyday text it usually means what means, only louder: look below, scroll down, going down. In mathematics it is a relation symbol whose exact meaning the author defines. Its LaTeX name is \downdownarrows, and it is not an emoji, so it normally takes the text colour rather than appearing as a coloured picture.

Text symbol

What ⇊ means

Down, emphatically: see below, scroll down, falling.

In plain text ⇊ typically does the job of a single down arrow with extra weight. Someone might write “details ⇊” to point at what follows, use it as a decorative pointer in a bio or caption, or put it beside a price or ranking for “dropping fast”. It carries no special message beyond direction; the context does the rest.

Because it is a text character rather than an emoji, it usually takes the colour of the surrounding text and sits in the line like a letter. That makes it handy in headings, table markers and decorated usernames where a coloured emoji arrow would look out of place.

What does ⇊ mean in maths?

It is a relation symbol; the paper or textbook defines it.

In the American Mathematical Society’s symbol set it is called \downdownarrows, one of a family with \upuparrows, \leftleftarrows and \rightrightarrows. These paired arrows carry no single agreed meaning the way or do. Authors borrow them when they need an extra arrow-shaped relation and say what it stands for. If you see ⇊ in a formula, look for that definition rather than guessing; it is not the implication arrow, which is .

Neutral and practical: a pointer or a notation symbol, with no emotional tone of its own.

looks close but is a different character; in a formula the two are not interchangeable.

Part of the collection

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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Prices dropping fast
Big ups and downs
Skip a long way down

Worth knowing

  • The LaTeX name says it twice on purpose: \downdownarrows is “down, down, arrows”, and the whole family (\upuparrows, \leftleftarrows, \rightrightarrows) follows the same stutter.

Questions people ask

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Is ⇊ an emoji?

No. It is a text symbol with no standard emoji version, so it normally shows in the text colour rather than as a coloured picture. For a coloured arrow use .

Does ⇊ mean downvote or dislike?

Not on its own. People sometimes use it informally for “going down”, but it is not a standard vote symbol. Read it as “down” or “see below” unless the writer explains otherwise.

Collections with ⇊

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How to type or find ⇊

Also called
double down arrow · two down arrows · downdownarrows
Search it as
down arrows · paired down arrows · scroll down symbol · arrow symbol
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 21CA, then AltX to get ⇊.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “downwards paired arrows”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 21ca, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⇊
CSS
\21CA
LaTeX
Load amssymb and write \downdownarrows in math mode.
HTML
Use the entity ⇊ or the numeric form ⇊.
Microsoft Word
In an equation, type \downarrows and press Space; or in ordinary text type 21CA and press AltX.
Linux (GNOME)
In most text fields, press CtrlShiftU, type 21ca, then Space or Enter.
Mac
Open the Character Viewer , search for “downwards paired arrows” and double-click it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⇊
HTML hex
⇊
CSS content
content: "\21CA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%87%8A
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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