⏬ is the Unicode emoji BLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE (“fast down button”), code point U+23EC (decimal 9196) in the Miscellaneous Technical block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write ⏬, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8F AC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+23EC |
| Decimal | 9196 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F AC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 23EC |
| UTF-32 | 000023EC |
| HTML decimal | ⏬ |
| HTML hex | ⏬ |
| CSS | \23EC |
| JavaScript | \u23EC |
| JSON | \u23EC |
| Python | \u23EC |
| Python by name | \N{BLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE} |
| Java, C# | \u23EC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{23EC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u23EC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8F%AC |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | BLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE |
| Emoji name | fast down button |
| Code point | U+23EC (decimal 9196) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
- ⏤ U+23E4 Straightness
- ⏥ U+23E5 Flatness
- ⏦ U+23E6 Ac Current
- ⏧ U+23E7 Electrical Intersection
- ⏨ U+23E8 Decimal Exponent Symbol
- ⏩ U+23E9 Fast-forward button
- ⏪ U+23EA Fast reverse button
- ⏫ U+23EB Fast up button
- ⏭ U+23ED Next track button
- ⏮ U+23EE Last track button
- ⏯ U+23EF Play or pause button
- ⏰ U+23F0 Alarm clock
- ⏱ U+23F1 Stopwatch
- ⏲ U+23F2 Timer clock
- ⏳ U+23F3 Hourglass not done
- ⏴ U+23F4 Black Medium Left-Pointing Triangle
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Technical.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⏬?
- Use ⏬ (decimal) or ⏬ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+23EC?
- E2 8F AC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8F%AC.
- How do I write U+23EC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u23EC. Python: \u23EC.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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