It's a simplification of the original icons which both looked like and were called menu icons/buttons, so it makes some sense if you were around long enough: h

It's a simplification of the original icons which both looked like and were called menu icons/buttons, so it makes some sense if you were around long enough: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2010/07/28/samsung-galaxy-s/292480 https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2010/07/28/samsung-galax... https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/deal-with-broken-hardware-buttons-your-android-device-0139464/ https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/deal-with-broken-hard... The Samsung one goes up instead of down because that's how it opened on the old Android phones. I tend to also still call it a menu icon.