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⇩

downwards white arrow

Downwards White Arrow

⇩ is an outlined down arrow, sometimes called a hollow or white arrow. It points downward and means “below”, “next” or “down here”. People use it in documents, instructions and messages to point at what follows, such as a link, a list or the next step.

Text symbol

Search it as: down arrow · hollow arrow · white arrow · outlined arrow · down arrow symbol · download arrow
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⇩ means

⇩ shows direction or sequence: “see below”, “continue here”, or a step that leads down. Arrows have long done that job in print. Printer symbol fonts such as Zapf Dingbats carried sets of outlined arrows alongside solid ones. In text, put ⇩ just before the thing it points to.

Don't confuse it with

↓

Downwards Arrow

The plain down arrow is a thin line with a head. ⇩ is a wide outlined shape. Both mean down.

Questions people ask

Why does this arrow look different on another device?

Because each font draws it. The character is identical, but the outline thickness and head shape vary from font to font.

How to type ⇩

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 21E9, then Alt+X 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 white arrow”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 21e9, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⇩

CSS

\21E9

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⇩

HTML hex

⇩

CSS content

content: "\21E9";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%87%A9

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

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

Families this belongs to

Arrows & direction696 symbols

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