= play arrow down → 25BE ▾ black down-pointing small triangle
Information
The downwards button is the tiny UI-looking symbol that basically says, “Alright team, we’re going lower.” On Apple, it shows up as a rounded purple square with a clean white triangle pointing straight down—simple, glossy-gradient vibes that feel like an elevator button for your screen. It looks like something you’d tap to open a dropdown or nudge a slider down a notch, and that’s exactly the energy it brings in chats.
People use it to tell you to scroll, check the next tweet in a thread, or look “below” for the juicy details—think: “Receipts in the replies 🔽.” It doubles as a mood setter for anything descending: volume down, prices dropping, expectations plummeting, or your motivation free-falling on a Monday. In meme-speak, it pairs beautifully with 📉 for market dips, and gets ironic mileage in thirst-adjacent jokes about being “down bad.” It can also be a flirty shortcut for “I’m down,” or a playful nudge into the drama basement—press to descend.
It’s not the same as the big bold down arrow (⬇️) or the fast double one (⏬); this one feels more like a tidy interface cue—dropdown menus, next section, go deeper. Gamers use it for “go to the lower level,” and thread-lovers toss it in when the story continues below. Basically, if your message needs a tasteful shove south, this is your minimalist chaperone.
Definition
A small red triangle that is pointing down. A user interface emoji used to aid navigation. Used to add color or emphasis to communication. Despite its name, not always displayed in the color red.
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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)
917 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_down_small:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Down-Pointing Small Red Triangle Down Button
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
DOWN-POINTING SMALL RED TRIANGLE Old name: DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE-1 = play arrow down Temporary Notes: disunified from U+25BC due to source separation rule (Shift_JIS).
Symbol Information
U+1F53D proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B00
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
▼
KDDI
#32 下三角１ U+E542 SJIS-F75E JIS-773F
Softbank
▼
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
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)
1f53d
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F53D
Decimal Code Point(s)
128317
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xBD
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 BD
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 275
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD3D
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd3d
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56637
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F53D
UTF-32 Hex
01F53D
UTF-32 Dec
128317
Python Src
u"\U0001F53D"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xbd"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD3D"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
