Stop sign Emoji
Travel
A bright red octagonal sign featuring a bold white horizontal bar across its center. It is designed to be instantly recognizable as a command to halt movement or cease an activity.
Usage Context
Used in messaging to tell someone to stop what they are doing, reject an unwanted idea, or warn of a potential hazard. It serves as a digital version of a physical barrier, often appearing in heated online arguments or when someone wants to prevent a conversation from continuing, much like using 🚫 or ❌.
History
Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010, the stop sign was added as part of the rapid expansion of transport-related icons. Its design is based on the international traffic standard mandated by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, which ensures that the distinct octagonal shape remains universal across almost all countries to avoid language barriers on roads.
Details
Glyph
🛑
Unicode
U+1F6D1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6d1:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Travel
Subcategory transport-ground
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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