U+238A "⎊" Circled Triangle Down Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⎊
U+238A "⎊" Circled Triangle Down is a graphic symbol included in the Miscellaneous Technical block, designed to represent a downward pointing triangular arrow enclosed within a circle. It is commonly used in technical documentation, user interfaces, and various diagrammatic contexts to denote a downward direction, collapse, or decrease function, often serving as a visual indicator for operations like minimizing a window or reducing volume.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+238A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Circled Triangle Down |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⎊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⎊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8E 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x238A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000238A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u238a |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |