What does ⁉️ mean?
Exclamation question mark: a shocked question, 'what?!'.
Its official Unicode name is EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK and its CLDR short name is "exclamation question mark" (in Hungarian: "felkiáltójel kérdőjellel"). It belongs to the Symbols group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- !
- !?
- ?
- exclamation
- interrobang
- mark
- punctuation
- question
In Hungarian: felkiáltás, írásjel, kérdés, kérdőjel, központozás
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ⁉️ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+2049 U+FE0F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
The trailing U+FE0F (emoji variation selector) asks the system to draw a colour emoji instead of a black-and-white text symbol. It is included when you copy it from here.
Technical details
- Official name
- EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- felkiáltójel kérdőjellel
- English name (CLDR)
- exclamation question mark
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · punctuation
- Length
- 2 code points · 6 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :interrobang:
Related emojis
- Double exclamation mark
- Red question mark
- Red exclamation mark
- White question mark
- White exclamation mark
- Wavy dash
Frequently asked questions
What does the ⁉️ emoji mean?
Exclamation question mark: a shocked question, 'what?!'.
How do I type the ⁉️ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "!".
When was the ⁉️ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.