# \downarrow

The ↓ symbol (Downwards arrow, U+2193), written as \downarrow in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/downarrow

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Delimiters](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/delimiters) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ↓ |
| Unicode | U+2193 DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| Delimiter |  |

## Syntax

```latex
\downarrow
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.32% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 92 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2193 (DOWNWARDS ARROW).