Down-left arrow Emoji

Symbols

A sharp, bold arrow pointing toward the bottom-left corner of the frame. It serves as a clear visual indicator for movement or focus toward the southwest direction.

Usage Context

Frequently used in digital interfaces to point toward a specific UI element, highlight a link, or draw attention to a footer. It is often paired with ↗ to indicate a range or direction shift. People also use it in casual messaging to jokingly refer to a specific corner of a room or a map coordinate.

History

This arrow was adopted into the Unicode standard in 1993, stemming from early computer interface design. It traces its roots to early desktop navigation systems where directional indicators were necessary to guide users through hierarchical menus and multi-directional scrollable windows.

Details

Glyph

↙

Unicode

U+2199

Shortcode

:emoji_u2199:

HTML Entity

↙

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory arrow

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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