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A bold red circle with a thick horizontal white bar cutting through the middle. The design mimics standard international road signs used to indicate that vehicles are strictly prohibited from entering a specific zone.
Usage Context
Widely used in digital messaging to signify that something is off-limits, restricted, or flat-out rejected. It is frequently employed to shut down unwanted topics in group chats or to signal that a specific behavior is unacceptable, often appearing alongside 🚫 or 🛑 to reinforce a message of refusal.
History
Adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this icon draws directly from the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. Its primary purpose has always been to provide a universal, language-independent way to alert people that access or action is blocked, mirroring the real-world signs seen on highways and construction sites worldwide.
Details
Glyph
⛔
Unicode
U+26D4
Shortcode
:emoji_u26d4:
HTML Entity
⛔
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory warning
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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