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⬇️ Down arrow
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⬇️ Emoji meaning
Low point, descent, download, downward arrow, south, reference to content.
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⬇️ Meaning
The day was really bad or everything is down the drain! The arrow points down or south. Can stand for disapproval or for directions. Come downstairs right now!
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Downwards black arrow vs south east arrow; both show downward direction or decline.
Down-pointing red triangle vs downwards arrow; both used to show decrease or going down.
Direction Variant
Fast down button vs downwards arrow; both vertical down arrows for moving quickly downwards.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Down arrow” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
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- down arrow
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ down arrow
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ arrow + cardinal + direction + down + south
