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thumbs down

A thumbs down

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Code points: U+1F44E
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Meaning

A hand with thumb pointing down — disapproval, dislike, or 'no'.

Thumbs down — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

In conversation

Clear rejection: 'not a fan', 'bad idea', or lighthearted disagreement.

Tone

Negative and direct.

Common uses

rejecting an idea
showing dislike
playful disagreement
saying 'nope'

Watch out

Direct and can feel harsh — softening words help keep it playful.

Examples

not a fan 👎
bad idea 👎
no way 👎
0/10 👎

Also known as

thumbs downdislikeno

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Used in combos

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Emoji names around the world

English: thumbs downالعربية رفض español pulgar hacia abajo português polegar para baixo हिन्दी थंब्स डाउन Indonesia jempol ke bawah

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

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Quick facts

Code points: U+1F44E
Unicode name: thumbs down
Category: People & BodyClosed hands
Unicode: 6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6Unicode history
Skin tones: See all
Keywords: -1 bad dislike down good hand no nope thumb thumbs emoji meaning mean

Developer

Single code point

Unicode data

Code pointsU+1F44E

Unicode namethumbs down

UTF-8F0 9F 91 8E

Shortcodes

Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):thumbs_down:

HTML & CSS

HTML (hex)👎

HTML (decimal)👎

CSS\1F44E

Languages

JavaScript\u{1F44E}

Python\U0001F44E

Perl\x{1F44E}

PHP / Ruby\u{1F44E}

Encodings

Punycodexn--zp8h

URL escape code%F0%9F%91%8E

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Noto Emoji — Licenses & attribution — **Noto Emoji**Google Fonts · SIL OFL 1.1

Twemoji — Licenses & attribution — **Twemoji**Twemoji project · CC BY 4.0

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Frequently asked

What does 👎 thumbs down mean?