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❓️Red Question Mark Emoji

❓️ is the red question mark emoji, U+2753 U+FE0F, one of 7 in the Punctuation set. It arrived with Unicode 6.0 (2010) and is commonly used for ?, mark and punctuation.

What ❓️ red question mark means

Emphasis and disbelief, doing the job that repeated typed punctuation does but in colour. ❓️ and ❗️ are the loud versions, while the white pair ❔️ and ❕️ read as softer or purely decorative. ‼️ and ⁉️ are each a single Unicode character rather than two marks typed in a row. 〰️ is used as a divider between lines far more than as a dash.

Unicode tags this one ?, mark and punctuation and files it under Symbols → Punctuation.

Copy variants

red question mark carries a variation selector (U+FE0F) that forces colour rendering. Drop it and the same character renders as monochrome text.

Shortcodes

Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.

How ❓️ is built

This emoji is more than one codepoint. Each part below is a character in its own right.

❓U+2753red question mark
·U+FE0FVariation selector (emoji style)

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2753 U+FE0F`
HTML hex	`❓️`
HTML decimal	`❓️`
CSS	`\2753\FE0F`
JavaScript	`\u{2753}\u{FE0F}`
Python	`\U00002753\U0000FE0F`
Java / C#	`\u2753\uFE0F`
Rust	`\u{2753}\u{fe0f}`
Swift	`\u{2753}\u{FE0F}`
PHP	`\u{2753}\u{FE0F}`
URL encoded	`%E2%9D%93%EF%B8%8F`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 9D 93 EF B8 8F`
UTF-16 bytes	`2753 FE0F`
Base64	`4p2T77iP`
Decimal	`10067 65039`
Introduced	Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Keywords

?
mark
punctuation
question
red

Appears in these collections

How to type ❓️

Windows — press Win + . and search “red question mark”.
macOS — press Ctrl + Cmd + Space to open the character viewer.
iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “?”.
Linux — press Ctrl + Shift + U, then type 2753 and Enter.
HTML — paste ❓️.

How ❓️ renders

The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.

❓️Apple
❓️Segoe
❓️Noto
❓️System

Frequently asked questions

What does the ❓️ red question mark emoji mean?+

❓️ is the red question mark emoji, tagged ?, mark and punctuation. Emphasis and disbelief, doing the job that repeated typed punctuation does but in colour. ❓️ and ❗️ are the loud versions, while the white pair ❔️ and ❕️ read as softer or purely decorative. ‼️ and ⁉️ are each a single Unicode character rather than two marks typed in a row. 〰️ is used as a divider between lines far more than as a dash.

What is the Unicode code for ❓️?+

red question mark is U+2753 U+FE0F. In HTML that is ❓️, in CSS \2753\FE0F, and in JavaScript \u{2753}\u{FE0F}. The full table above lists every escape format.

When was the ❓️ emoji added?+

red question mark got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.

Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as ❓️ red question mark.