❓ Red question mark
❓ Emoji meaning
What does this mean? Urgent question, doubt, uncertainty, curiosity.
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❓ Meaning
I beg your pardon? A bright-red question mark, which underlines the high importance of the question asked. Chat partner expects an immediate response.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Red question mark vs white question mark; both stand for questions, color nuance only.
Same Shape
Exclamation question mark vs question mark; both show confusion or dramatic questioning.
Question mark vs exclamation; in excitement or disbelief, users swap them accidentally or stylistically.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Red question mark” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 13.1 and Unicode 13.0 in 2020 there were 2 changes.
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question mark
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red question mark
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In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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