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Down Left Arrow symbol

Type :down_left_arrow: · Arrows

What ↙ is for

Diagonal, back and down. The least-used of the four diagonals, mostly for pointing at something in the lower-left of an image.

How to type ↙

The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With Emoji Anywhere installed you can skip all of them and type :down_left_arrow: in any text field instead, which is the same on every platform.

macOS

No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input source and type 2199 with Option held.

Windows

No Alt code. In Word, type 2199 then press Alt + X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.

Shortcodes

:down_left_arrow:

On the web

HTML ↙

Unicode U+2199

More from arrows

Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .

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