Symbols · Emoji 0.6
↕️Up-down Arrow Emoji
Generally, it means “up and down” or “both directions.” It’s often used to emphasize a change or contrast between two things.
The ↕️ emoji shows an up arrow and a down arrow, placed vertically next to each other.
- Unicode
- U+2195 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :arrow_
up_ down: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ↕️ Up-down Arrow emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 2.
02 — Platforms
Up-down Arrow emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+2195. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Up-down Arrow emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :arrow_up_down:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the up-down arrow, code point U+2195.
04 — How to type
How to type the ↕️ Up-down Arrow emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2195 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Up-down Arrow emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Up-down Arrow emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around up-down arrow for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ↕️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What ↕️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the up-down arrow lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
↕️ vs ⬆️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Up-down Arrow
Code: U+2195 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_up_down:
Generally, it means “up and down” or “both directions.”
Unicode name: Up Arrow
Code: U+2B06 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_up:
Generally, the ⬆️ emoji just means “up.”
11 — History
Where the ↕️ Up-down Arrow emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
↕️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E73D, KDDI au EB7B.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Up-down Arrow was approved as U+2195 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ↕️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ