Symbols · Emoji 12.0
🟨Yellow Square Emoji
Generally, the yellow square means something is bright, cheerful, or a warning. People use it to add a little color and emphasis to their messages.
The yellow square emoji (🟨) is pretty versatile.
- Unicode
- U+1F7E8
- Released
- 2019
- Shortcode
- :large_
yellow_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🟨 Yellow Square emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 4 of them.
02 — Platforms
Yellow Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the yellow square as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Yellow 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_yellow_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F7E8.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🟨 Yellow Square emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F7E8 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Yellow Square emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Yellow Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around yellow 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
One code point, several readings — where the yellow square lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
🟨 vs 🟡 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Yellow Square
Code: U+1F7E8 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_yellow_square:
Generally, the yellow square means something is bright, cheerful, or a warning.
Unicode name: Yellow Circle
Code: U+1F7E1 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_yellow_circle:
Generally, the yellow circle emoji means a warning or something needs attention.
11 — History
Where the 🟨 Yellow Square emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 12.0, the yellow square has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 7.
Same character every time — U+1F7E8 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.
Yellow Square was approved as U+1F7E8 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