Symbols · Shapes & colors
🟥 Red Square
- Emoji
- 🟥
- Unicode
- U+1F7E5
- Shortcode
- :red_square:
- HTML code
- 🟥
- Approved in
- Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Category
- Symbols
What does the 🟥 emoji mean?
The 🟥 emoji (red square) is a symbol from the shapes & colors group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with card, penalty, red and square.
Keywords: card, penalty, red, square.
How 🟥 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.




Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type 🟥 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “red square” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “red square”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “red square”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “red square”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :red_square: |
🟥 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | red square |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F7E5 |
| HTML decimal | 🟥 |
| HTML hex | 🟥 |
| CSS | \1F7E5 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F7E5} |
| Shortcode | :red_square: |
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What does the 🟥 emoji mean?
The 🟥 emoji (red square) is a symbol from the shapes & colors group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with card, penalty, red and square.
How do I copy and paste the red square emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “red square”.
When was the 🟥 emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 12.0, in 2019. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.