The fast down button is the elevator-to-the-basement of emojis: two stacked white triangles pointing south, tucked inside a shiny, royal-blue rounded square. On Apple/iOS, it looks like a crisp, minimalist media-control tile—clean gradient, tight spacing between the triangles, and that unmistakable “skip” vibe. It visually screams “zoom to the bottom,” making it perfect when you want someone to scroll past the preamble and get straight to the juicy part.
Online, people drop it to say “check the comments,” “receipts below,” or “keep reading, it gets wild.” It’s meme fuel for plummeting stock jokes, mood-tanking updates, or the classic “we’re going down fast, captain” energy. In flirty or ironic contexts, it can hint at being “down bad,” doubling the drama with its twin arrows. It also gets used as a faux-download cue (even though it’s not the download icon), and as a thread navigation nudge—basically, the express lane to the bottom of the page. Pair it with a pointing finger 👇 for maximum “read this next” energy, or drop it after a cliffhanger to send followers sprinting to the replies.
Definition
Can you say double down? Bet up to double your current bet of course. If we don't already roll like this we need to start.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
872 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:arrow_double_down:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Down-Pointing Double Triangle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode Range
2300–23FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE Temporary Notes: Fast forward (down)
Symbol Information
U+23EC proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B02
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
▼
KDDI
#34 下三角２ U+E544 SJIS-F760 JIS-7741
Softbank
▼
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⏬
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⏬
Decimal HTML Entity
⏬
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⏬
Hex Code Point(s)
23ec
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23EC
Decimal Code Point(s)
9196
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xAC
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F AC
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 254
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23EC
UTF-16 Hex
23ec
UTF-16 Dec
9196
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023EC
UTF-32 Hex
23EC
UTF-32 Dec
9196
Python Src
u"\u23EC"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xac"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23EC"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 18 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⏬️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⏬️
Decimal HTML Entity
⏬ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⏬ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
23ec, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23EC, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9196, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xAC, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F AC, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 254, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23EC, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
23ec, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9196, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023EC 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
23EC, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9196, 65039
Python Src
u"\u23EC\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xac\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23EC\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
