emoji 👎 thumbs down svg

👎” meaning: thumbs down, bad Emoji

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    Android 👎Minimum display requirements

  • 8.0+

    Windows 👎Minimum display requirements

👎Meaning and Description

The universally understood emoji, "👎Thumbs Down", features a hand with the thumb extended downward, while the other fingers are folded down. It is a versatile symbol used to express disapproval, disagreement, or dislike in various contexts. This emoji can be changed with different skin-tone options to reflect the diversity of users.

The "👎" emoji, also known as the "bad" or "dislike", the gesture can be traced back to ancient Rome, some sources suggest that the gesture was used to condemn a gladiator to death. Nowadays, it is often used to express negative emotions such as disapproval, disagreement, or dissatisfaction in various contexts, which means the opposite of the emoji thumbs up👍.

On social media and online chat, the thumb-down emoji can be used to show that you do not like something or someone (e.g., “my ex is 👎”). It can be used to express your dissatisfaction or disapproval for a certain post, comment, or message (e.g., “loser👎”). It can also be used to reply to criticism or insult that you receive from someone. The emoji can also be used to confirm that something is wrong or to end a conversation on a negative note.

So, when you want to share your disapproval or dissatisfaction with others, don't hesitate to use the universally understood "👎" emoji!
💡Extended reading and popular science

The meaning of emoji symbol 👎 is thumbs down, it is related to -1, down, hand, thumb, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "👍 Fisted Hand".

👎 is an Emoji modifier base, it can be used as a single Emoji, and can also be combined with the skin tone Emoji modifier to form a new Emoji. There are 5 types of Emoji modifiers, namely: 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿. 👎 is combined with these skin tone Emoji modifiers to form new Emoji modifier sequences. The following are examples of the combination:

The current 👎 is a basic Emoji without variant symbols, and there are two Emoji variation sequences corresponding to it: 👎️ (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms) and 👎︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms).

👎Examples and Usage

🔸 Be grateful for everything & everyone in your life, stop complaining👎.
🔸 Are you giving me a thumb's up or a thumb's down? I can't tell👍👎.
🔸 👎 (1F44E) + emoji style (FE0F) = 👎️ (1F44E FE0F)
🔸 👎 (1F44E) + text style (FE0E) = 👎︎ (1F44E FE0E)

👎Basic Information

Emoji: 👎
Shortname: thumbs down
Apple Name: thumbs down
Known as: Bad | Dislike | No
Codepoint: U+1F44E Copy
Shortcode: :-1: Copy
Decimal: ALT+128078
Unicode Version: 6.0 (2010-10-11)
Emoji Version: 1.0 (2015-06-09)
Categories: 👌 People & Body
Sub Categories: 👍 Fisted Hand
Keywords: -1 | down | hand | thumb | thumbs down
Proposal: L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026

👨‍💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)

👎Trend Chart

👎Popularity rating over time

👎 Trend Chart (U+1F44E) - emojiall.com 100 75 50 25 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 👎 www.emojiall.comemojiall.com
Date Range: 2019-03-10 - 2024-03-03
Update Time: 2024-03-10 17:54:05 UTC
👎and in the past five years, the overall popularity of this emoji has risen and then leveled off. In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.

👎More Languages

Language Short Name & Link
Arabic👎 رفض
Bulgarian👎 Палец надолу
Chinese, Simplified👎 拇指向下
Chinese, Traditional👎
Croatian👎 palac dolje
Czech👎 palec dolů
Danish👎 tommelfinger ned
Dutch👎 duim omlaag
Filipino👎 thumbs down
Finnish👎 peukalo alas
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