U+2B8B "⮋" Downwards Black Circled White Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⮋
U+2B8B "⮋" Downwards Black Circled White Arrow is a typographic symbol that features a clear, white arrow pointing downward set within a bold black circular border, creating a high contrast design. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which contains various directional indicators and abstract icons. This character is typically used in digital interfaces, signage, or documentation to denote downward movement, direction, or a decrease in value, often serving a similar purpose to standard arrow symbols but with added visual emphasis due to its enclosed circular form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B8B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Downwards Black Circled White Arrow |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⮋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⮋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAE 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B8B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b8b |
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 | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |