What does ❗ mean?
Red exclamation mark: attention, important, urgent. Common at the start of announcements and warnings.
Its official Unicode name is HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL and its CLDR short name is "red exclamation mark" (in Hungarian: "piros felkiáltójel"). 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).
- !
- bang
- exclamation
- mark
- punctuation
- red
In Hungarian: felkiáltás, felkiáltójel, írásjel, 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+2757. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- piros felkiáltójel
- English name (CLDR)
- red exclamation mark
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · punctuation
- Length
- 1 code point · 3 bytes in UTF-8 · 1 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :exclamation: :heavy_exclamation_mark:
Related emojis
- Double exclamation mark
- Exclamation question mark
- Red question mark
- White question mark
- White exclamation mark
- Wavy dash
Frequently asked questions
What does the ❗ emoji mean?
Red exclamation mark: attention, important, urgent. Common at the start of announcements and warnings.
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.