Symbols · Emoji 12.0
🟥Red Square Emoji
Generally, 🟥 means “stop,” “danger,” or “pay attention.” It’s used to signal that something is wrong or needs immediate action in a text conversation.
The 🟥 emoji, often called “Red Square,” is pretty straightforward.
- Unicode
- U+1F7E5
- Released
- 2019
- Shortcode
- :large_
red_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🟥 Red Square emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Red Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F7E5 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your red square looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Red Square emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :large_red_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F7E5.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🟥 Red Square emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Red Square emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the red square as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Red Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around red square for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 🟥 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What 🟥 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — Difference
🟥 vs 🔴 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Red Square
Code: U+1F7E5 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_red_square:
Generally, 🟥 means “stop,” “danger,” or “pay attention.”
Unicode name: Red Circle
Code: U+1F534 · added 2010
Shortcode: :red_circle:
Generally, the red circle means something is wrong, needs attention, or is a warning.
11 — History
Where the 🟥 Red Square emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 12.0, the red square has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 7.
Same character every time — U+1F7E5 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Red Square was approved as U+1F7E5 and shipped in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🟥 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ