Warning Emoji
Symbols
A yellow equilateral triangle featuring a thick black border and a bold exclamation mark in the center. It serves as a universal indicator that a hazard is present or that a situation requires immediate alertness.
Usage Context
Used to flag potential dangers, highlight important safety information, or alert someone to something that needs their full attention. It is frequently sent alongside messages regarding errors or accidents and is often paired with the 🚫 prohibited sign to emphasize a restricted or dangerous area.
History
Adopted into Unicode 1.1 in 1993, this glyph is based on the standardized international hazard signs seen on industrial machinery and public signage. Its inclusion in digital character sets was meant to bridge the gap between physical safety protocols and early computer-mediated communication.
Details
Glyph
⚠
Unicode
U+26A0
Shortcode
:emoji_u26a0:
HTML Entity
⚠
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory warning
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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