↓

An arrow pointing down.

↓

1. Down, below.
2. Southward.
3. Indicating a decrease or reduction.

   Antonym: ↑

   • 2019, Antonis Fanouriakis, George Bertsias, “Changing paradigms in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus”, in Lupus Science & Medicine, volume 6 (in English), →DOI, page 3:

     Tapering scheme   ↓ 5 mg q week […]
     [Figure 2 A proposed algorithm for the handling of glucocorticoid (GC) therapy in patients with active or flaring SLE.]

4. (phonetics, text style only)
   1. Ingressive airstream mechanism when used with another letter, e.g. [s↓], [a↓].
   2. Inhalation when used alone: [↓].

      Coordinate term: ↑ (“exhalation”)

5. (chemistry) precipitate, precipitation
6. (go) an evaluation of a game position, down, defined as −↑.[1]

   Antonym: ↑

(go): The evaluations ⟨↓ ⇓ ⤋ ⟱⟩ are equivalent to ⟨↑ ⇑ ⤊ ⟰⟩ with the positions of black and white reversed.[1]

Borrowed from Japanese ↓.

↓

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Japan, slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

• ↑

↓

1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

• ↑