Symbols · Emoji 12.0
🟧Orange Square Emoji
Generally, the 🟧 emoji means a warning or something that needs careful consideration. People use it when they want to draw attention to a potential issue or something that's not ideal.
The 🟧 orange square emoji is often used to signal caution or a warning.
- Unicode
- U+1F7E7
- Released
- 2019
- Shortcode
- :large_
orange_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🟧 Orange Square emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.
02 — Platforms
Orange Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F7E7 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your orange 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
Orange Square emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :large_orange_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F7E7.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🟧 Orange Square emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Orange Square emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the orange 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
Orange Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around orange 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
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
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: Orange Square
Code: U+1F7E7 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_orange_square:
Generally, the 🟧 emoji means a warning or something that needs careful consideration.
Unicode name: Orange Circle
Code: U+1F7E0 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_orange_circle:
Usually, the 🟠 emoji means “okay,” “cool,” or “I agree.”
11 — History
Where the 🟧 Orange Square emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F7E7 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.
Orange Square was approved as U+1F7E7 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