U+1F593 "🖓" Reversed Thumbs down Sign Unicode Character

U+1F593 "🖓" Reversed Thumbs down Sign is a relatively obscure symbol included in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, added to the standard in 2010 with Unicode 6.0. Its design typically depicts a hand with the thumb pointed downward, but its reversal compared to the more common thumbs down emoji suggests a deliberate inversion of meaning, often interpreted as a gesture of disapproval, rejection, or a negative verdict. Unlike the popular emoji representations found in modern text messaging, this character is less commonly supported across platforms or fonts, making it a niche symbol used more for technical or archival purposes than for everyday digital communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F593
Version Added	7.0
Name	Reversed Thumbs down Sign
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🖓
HTML Hex Encoding	🖓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDD93
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F593
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udd93

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other