# ❓ Red question mark emoji

❓ Red question mark is an emoji in the punctuation set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: ? and punctuation.

- Emoji: ❓
- Unicode name: red question mark
- Code points: U+2753
- Category: Symbols, Punctuation
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :question:
- Keywords: ?, mark, punctuation, question, red
- Page: https://emojichart.com/red-question-mark-emoji

## What it means

A bold red question mark. People use it to ask a question, show confusion or curiosity, flag something unknown or unclear, or answer a message with a puzzled reaction.

## How to type ❓

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “red question mark”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “red question mark”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “red question mark”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “red question mark”.
- GitHub: Type :question: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | interrogación roja | ?, interrogación, interrogación roja, pregunta, puntuación, signo de interrogación |
| Français (fr) | point d’interrogation rouge | ?, interrogation, point d’interrogation, point d’interrogation rouge, ponctuation, question |
| Deutsch (de) | rotes Fragezeichen | Frage, Fragezeichen, rot, rotes Fragezeichen, Rotes Fragezeichen, Satzzeichen, warum, wieso |
| Italiano (it) | punto interrogativo rosso | ?, domanda, punteggiatura, punto di domanda, punto di domanda pieno, punto interrogativo, punto interrogativo rosso |
| Português (pt) | ponto de interrogação vermelho | ?, interrogação, pergunta, ponto, ponto de interrogação, ponto de interrogação vermelho, pontuação, sinal |
| Nederlands (nl) | rood vraagteken | ?, interpunctie, rood, teken, vraag |
| Svenska (sv) | rött frågetecken | ?, fråga, frågetecken, interpunktion, rött frågetecken, tecken |
| Polski (pl) | czerwony znak zapytania | ?, co?, czerwony znak zapytania, o co chodzi, o co chodzi?, pytajnik, pytanie, znak zapytania |
| Türkçe (tr) | kırmızı soru işareti | ?, işaret, kırmızı soru işareti, noktalama, soru, soru işareti |
| Русский (ru) | красный вопросительный знак | вопрос, вопроса, вопросительный, знак, красный, пунктуация |
| Українська (uk) | червоний знак питання | ?, знак питання, питання, пунктуація, розділовий знак, червоний знак питання |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κόκκινο λατινικό ερωτηματικό | ?, ερώτηση, κόκκινο λατινικό ερωτηματικό, λατινικό ερωτηματικό, ρωτώ, σημάδι, σημείο, σημείο στίξης, στίξη |
| العربية (ar) | علامة استفهام حمراء | استفهام, ترقيم, رمز, سؤال, علامة استفهام, علامة استفهام حمراء, علامة سؤال |
| עברית (he) | סימן שאלה אדום | למה, מדוע, סימן שאלה, סימן שאלה אדום, שאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | علامت سؤال قرمز | ؟, سؤال, علامت, علامت سؤال قرمز, علامت‌گذاری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | प्रश्न चिह्न | ?, चिह्न, चिह्न विचार, प्रश्न, लाल प्रश्न चिह्न |
| বাংলা (bn) | প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন | ?, চিহ্ন, প্রশ্ন, প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন, যতিচিহ্ন চিহ্ন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tanda tanya merah | ?, pertanyaan, tanda, tanda baca, tanda tanya, tanda tanya merah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dấu chấm hỏi | chấm câu, dấu, dấu chấm hỏi, hỏi |
| ไทย (th) | เครื่องหมายคำถาม | ?, คำถาม, เครื่องหมาย, เครื่องหมายคำถาม, เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 赤い疑問符 | ?, クエスチョンマーク, はてなマーク, 疑問符, 約物, 記号, 赤い疑問符 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 빨간색 물음표 | ?, 문장 부호, 물음, 물음표, 빨간색 물음표, 의문, 질문 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 红色问号 | 为什么, 标点, 标点符号, 疑问, 红色问号, 问号 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 紅色問號 | 問號, 標點, 紅色問號 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): rooi vraagteken
- Akan (ak): asɛmmisa nsɛnkyerɛne kɔkɔɔ
- Albanian (sq): shenja e pikëpyetjes e kuqe
- Amharic (am): የጥያቄ ምልክት
- Armenian (hy): հարցական նշան
- Assamese (as): ৰঙা ৰঙৰ প্ৰশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন
- Azerbaijani (az): qırmızı sual işarəsi
- Bashkir (ba): ҡыҙыл һорау билдәһе
- Basque (eu): galdera-marka gorria
- Belarusian (be): пытальнік
- Bosnian (bs): crveni upitnik
- Breton (br): pik-goulenn ruz
- Bulgarian (bg): червена въпросителна
- Burmese (my): အနီရောင် မေးခွန်း သင်္ကေတ
- Cantonese (yue): 紅色問號
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 红色问号
- Catalan (ca): signe d’interrogació vermell
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏛᏛᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᏪᎸ
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрлӗ ыйту палли
- Croatian (hr): crveni upitnik
- Czech (cs): červený otazník
- Danish (da): rødt spørgsmålstegn
- Estonian (et): punane küsimärk
- Faroese (fo): reytt spurnartekn
- Filipino (fil): pulang tandang pananong
- Finnish (fi): kysymysmerkki
- Galician (gl): signo de interrogación vermello
- Georgian (ka): წითელი კითხვის ნიშანი
- Gujarati (gu): લાલ પ્રશ્નાર્થ ચિહ્ન
- Hausa (ha): jar alamar tambaya
- Hungarian (hu): piros kérdőjel
- Icelandic (is): rautt spurningarmerki
- Igbo (ig): akara njụajụjụ
- Irish (ga): comhartha ceiste dearg
- Javanese (jv): tandha pitakon abang
- Kalaallisut (kl): spørgsmålstegn
- Kannada (kn): ಕೆಂಪು ಬಣ್ಣದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಾರ್ಥಕ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ
- Kazakh (kk): қызыл сұрақ белгісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قىزىل سۇراق بەلگىسى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាសួរ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akabazo gacuritse
- Konkani (kok): प्रस्न चिन्न
- Kyrgyz (ky): кызыл суроо белгиси
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Retal k’otoj chi’aj
- Lao (lo): ເຄື່ອງໝາຍຖາມ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): signo de interrogación
- Latvian (lv): sarkana jautājuma zīme
- Lithuanian (lt): raudonas klaustukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): cerwjeny pšašak
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fragezeechen
- Macedonian (mk): црвен прашалник
- Malay (ms): tanda soal
- Malayalam (ml): ചുവന്ന ചോദ്യ ചിഹ്നം
- Maltese (mt): punt interrogattiv
- Marathi (mr): प्रश्नचिन्ह
- Mongolian (mn): улаан асуултын тэмдэг
- Māori (mi): tohu pātai
- Nepali (ne): प्रश्न चिन्ह
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kwẹ́shọn Mak
- Northern Sotho (nso): leswao la potšišo
- Norwegian (no): rødt spørsmålstegn
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): raudt spørsmålsteikn
- Odia (or): ଲାଲ୍ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନବାଚକ ଚିହ୍
- Oromo (om): mallattoo gaaffii diimaa
- Pashto (ps): پوښتنښه
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਵਾਲ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): سوالیہ نشان
- Quechua (qu): puka tapuna chimpu
- Romanian (ro): semnul întrebării roșu
- Romansh (rm): segn da dumonda cotschen
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): comharra-ceiste dearg
- Serbian (sr): упитник
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): upitnik
- Shan (shn): မၢႆထၢမ်သီလႅင်
- Sindhi (sd): ڳاڙهي سوال جي نشاني
- Sinhala (si): ප්‍රශ්නයාර්ථ ලකුණ
- Slovak (sk): červený otáznik
- Slovenian (sl): rdeč vprašaj
- Somali (so): calaamad su’aal
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): signo de interrogación rojo
- Swahili (sw): alama nyekundu ya kuuliza
- Tajik (tg): аломати савол
- Tamil (ta): கேள்விக் குறி, அடர் நிறக் கேள்விக் குறி
- Telugu (te): ఎరుపు రంగు ప్రశ్న గుర్తు
- Tigrinya (ti): ቀይሕ ምልክት ሕቶ
- Tongan (to): fehuʻi kulokula
- Tswana (tn): letshwao la potso
- Turkmen (tk): gyzyl sorag belgisi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): čerwjeny prašak
- Urdu (ur): سرخ سوالیہ نشان
- Uyghur (ug): سوئال بەلگىسى
- Uzbek (uz): qizil soʻroq belgisi
- Welsh (cy): marc cwestiwn
- Wolof (wo): tombu laajte
- Xhosa (xh): uphawu lombuzo
- Yoruba (yo): àmì ìbéèrè ìdàkodò
- Zulu (zu): uphawu lombuzo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2753` |
| HTML | `❓` |
| CSS | `\2753` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2753}` |
| Python | `\u2753` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9D 93` |
| UTF-16 | `2753` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9D%93` |

## Questions

### What does the ❓ red question mark emoji mean?

A bold red question mark. People use it to ask a question, show confusion or curiosity, flag something unknown or unclear, or answer a message with a puzzled reaction.

### How do I type the ❓ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “red question mark”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :question:.

### When was the ❓ emoji added?

❓ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ❓?

U+2753. In HTML you can write ❓, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2753}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/red-question-mark-emoji