U+2199 "" South West Arrow Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Emoji Source: Browser Default

U+2199 "" South West Arrow is a typographic symbol that represents a downward and leftward diagonal direction, commonly used in cartography, user interface design, and mathematical notation to indicate movement, orientation, or a decreasing trend toward the bottom left quadrant. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent rendering across digital platforms, allowing it to function as a clear visual cue in diagrams, graphs, or text-based instructions where spatial relationships need to be conveyed without reliance on color or imagery. This arrow belongs to the Arrows block within Unicode, which contains a comprehensive set of directional and relational symbols for technical and general communication purposes.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2199
Name
South West Arrow
Unicode 1.0 Name
Lower Left Arrow

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
↙
HTML Hex Encoding
↙
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x86 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2199
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002199
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2199