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❔️White Question Mark Emoji

Tagged ?, mark and outlined, ❔️ white question mark sits in Unicode's Punctuation group inside Symbols. It was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010) at U+2754 U+FE0F.

What ❔️ white 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 outlined and files it under SymbolsPunctuation.

Copy variants

white 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.

  1. U+2754white question mark
  2. ·U+FE0FVariation selector (emoji style)

Codes & technical data

UnicodeU+2754 U+FE0F
HTML hex❔️
HTML decimal❔️
CSS\2754\FE0F
JavaScript\u{2754}\u{FE0F}
Python\U00002754\U0000FE0F
Java / C#\u2754\uFE0F
Rust\u{2754}\u{fe0f}
Swift\u{2754}\u{FE0F}
PHP\u{2754}\u{FE0F}
URL encoded%E2%9D%94%EF%B8%8F
UTF-8 bytesE2 9D 94 EF B8 8F
UTF-16 bytes2754 FE0F
Base644p2U77iP
Decimal10068 65039
IntroducedUnicode 6.0 (2010)

Keywords

Appears in these collections

How to type ❔️

  • Windows — press Win + . and search “white 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 2754 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 ❔️ white question mark emoji mean?+

❔️ is the white question mark emoji, tagged ?, mark and outlined. 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 ❔️?+

white question mark is U+2754 U+FE0F. In HTML that is ❔️, in CSS \2754\FE0F, and in JavaScript \u{2754}\u{FE0F}. The full table above lists every escape format.

When was the ❔️ emoji added?+

white 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.

Related emojis

More emojis from Punctuation in Symbols.

Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as ❔️ white question mark.