A diagonal running down and to the left, the least-sent of the eight directional arrows on its own. It shows up mainly in maps, floor plans, and diagrams that need an exact corner rather than a general sense of direction, and it stays literal where the straight-line arrows have picked up figurative jobs.
What ↙️ means
A thick and short white arrow pointing to the bottom left corner of a faded blue box designed with rounded corners. The ↙️ Down-Left Arrow emoji represents the south-west of directions, apart from generally indicating navigation and the ease of locating.
How and when to use it
- ↙️ maybe a sign of anything that's incoming, literally and metaphorically. For instance, "Send us your inquiries here ↙️" or "There are thousands of blessings coming your way ↙️ All you need to do is recognize them".
- Since ↙️ is a downward arrow, it could signify negation or reduction, but in style. Like, "10 points down for y'all! ↙️" or "My marks were seeing a steep descent ↙️ but my aims weren't".
- If you're talking about the 'south-western' rains, snow, showers, anything climatic, then too, you can bring in ↙️.
- Generally, while pointing in the direction of a clickable link, a downloadable file, or even the 'subscription' button, you can use ↙️. For example, "Click here to subscribe! ↙️" or "If you wish to know more, tap the icon on the bottom left ↙️".
Other Names
- ↙️ Bottom Left
- ↙️ South-West
- ↙️ Downward Left Arrow
- ↙️ Down-Left Direction
- ↙️ South-Western Direction
- ↙️ Diagonal Down-Left Arrow
- ↙️ South-West Arrow
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › arrow
- Codepoints
U+2199 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:arrow_lower_left:GitHub- Keywords
- arrow, direction, down-left, intercardinal, southwest
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ↙️ Down-left Arrow or 🥶 Cold Face?