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
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Combination ideas
3Worth knowing
- The LaTeX name says it twice on purpose:
\downdownarrowsis “down, down, arrows”, and the whole family (\upuparrows,\leftleftarrows,\rightrightarrows) follows the same stutter.
Questions people ask
2Is ⇊ 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 ⇊
1How 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
⇊\21CAamssymb and write \downdownarrows in math mode.⇊ or the numeric form ⇊.\downarrows and press Space; or in ordinary text type 21CA and press AltX.21ca, then Space or Enter.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.






