What does ❓ mean?
Red question mark: a question, uncertainty, 'what?'.
Its official Unicode name is BLACK QUESTION MARK ORNAMENT and its CLDR short name is "red question mark" (in Hungarian: "piros kérdőjel"). 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).
- ?
- mark
- punctuation
- question
- red
In Hungarian: 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+2753. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BLACK QUESTION MARK ORNAMENT
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- piros kérdőjel
- English name (CLDR)
- red question mark
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · punctuation
- Length
- 1 code point · 3 bytes in UTF-8 · 1 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :question:
Related emojis
- Double exclamation mark
- Exclamation question mark
- Red exclamation mark
- White question mark
- White exclamation mark
- Wavy dash
Frequently asked questions
What does the ❓ emoji mean?
Red question mark: a question, uncertainty, '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.