Symbols · Emoji 0.6
❔White Question Mark Emoji
Generally, the white question mark means someone is asking a question or is unsure about something. It’s a simple way to show you’re lost or need more information in a conversation.
The white question mark emoji (❔) is pretty straightforward.
- Unicode
- U+2754
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :grey_
question: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ❔ White Question Mark emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 5 of them.
02 — Platforms
White Question Mark emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+2754. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
White Question Mark 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 :grey_question:.
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+2754.
04 — How to type
How to type the ❔ White Question Mark emoji
No picker to hand? The white question mark can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
White Question Mark 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
06 — Combinations
White Question Mark emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around white question mark 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
Who sent the white question mark and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
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: White Question Mark
Code: U+2754 · added 2010
Shortcode: :grey_question:
Generally, the white question mark means someone is asking a question or is unsure about something.
Unicode name: White Exclamation Mark
Code: U+2755 · added 2010
Shortcode: :grey_exclamation:
Generally, it means “pay attention!”
11 — History
Where the ❔ White Question Mark emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+2754 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.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
❔ existed there as
KDDI au E483, SoftBank E336.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
White Question Mark was approved as U+2754 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
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