❗ Red exclamation mark
❗ Emoji meaning
Attention! Important, alert, urgency, emphasis, pay attention.
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❗ Meaning
Thick (red) symbol for an exclamation mark. Is used to express a concern or to yell a desire for something.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Red exclamation mark vs white exclamation; both indicate emphasis, warning, or importance.
Name badge vs heavy exclamation mark; red badge shape with white area can be misread as exclamation-style sign.
Intensity Variant
Double exclamation mark vs heavy exclamation mark; both emphasize strong feeling, strength difference is minor.
Same Emotion
Heart exclamation vs exclamation mark; both vertical punctuation-like marks used for emphasis, one heart-shaped.
Same Shape
Warning vs heavy exclamation mark; both highlight important or hazardous information.
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 exclamation 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.
Emoji title before
exclamation mark
Emoji title after
red exclamation mark
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
