What does 🚫 mean?
Prohibited: forbidden, not allowed, 'don't'.
Its official Unicode name is NO ENTRY SIGN and its CLDR short name is "prohibited" (in Hungarian: "tilos"). 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).
- entry
- forbidden
- no
- not
- smoke
In Hungarian: behajtani tilos, behajtás, frogalom, közlekedési tábla, KRESZ-tábla, nincs behajtás, tábla, tiltott
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+1F6AB. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- NO ENTRY SIGN
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- tilos
- English name (CLDR)
- prohibited
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · warning
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :no_entry_sign:
Related emojis
- Warning
- Children crossing
- No entry
- No bicycles
- No smoking
- No littering
- Non-potable water
- No pedestrians
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🚫 emoji mean?
Prohibited: forbidden, not allowed, 'don't'.
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 "entry".
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.