Red exclamation mark Emoji

Symbols

A bold, solid red vertical bar sitting above a circular red dot. It is a thick, high-visibility version of the standard grammatical mark used to denote strong feelings or urgency.

Usage Context

This emoji acts as a visual siren. Use it to flag critical information, emphasize a point, or express shock. It is frequently paired with the ❓ to denote confusion or disbelief, or used as a standalone signifier for danger or an immediate 'stop' command.

History

Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2005, this character was originally included to allow mobile devices to maintain consistent, attention-grabbing punctuation that looked distinct from standard black text. It was designed to stand out in the crowded layouts of early text-messaging services.

Details

Glyph

❗

Unicode

U+2757

Shortcode

:emoji_u2757:

HTML Entity

❗

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Symbols

Subcategory punctuation

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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