Red circle Emoji
Symbols
A solid, bright red circular shape. Its appearance is bold and eye-catching, designed to stand out immediately against text or background elements.
Usage Context
Widely used to signal warnings, indicate errors, or mark an important alert that requires the reader's attention. It is also frequently used to represent a recording indicator, similar to the light on a camera or microphone. It is often paired with the ❌ or ⚠️ emojis to emphasize a negative status or a dangerous situation.
History
Adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the red circle was brought into the emoji set to mirror the common graphical icons used in early 2000s software design to denote 'stop' functions or critical system failures in user interfaces.
Details
Glyph
🔴
Unicode
U+1F534
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f534:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory geometric
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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