Red square Emoji
Symbols
A bold, solid red square with sharp corners. It is a simple geometric shape that stands out clearly against any background, often used to grab attention or represent a stop signal.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent the color red, a stop button, or a warning. In sports, it serves as an shorthand for being sent off the field, similar to showing a 🟥 red card. It is also used as a visual block in social media posts to create headers or dividers, often alongside the 🟦 blue square or 🟨 yellow square.
History
Added in 2018 as part of Unicode 11.0, the red square was introduced alongside a full set of colored squares to provide users with basic building blocks for grid-based art and color-coded communication in digital chats, which had previously relied on complex text formatting.
Details
Glyph
🟥
Unicode
U+1F7E5
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f7e5:
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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