Copy and paste the Warning emoji (⚠️) in one click. Explore its Symbols meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+26A0 U+FE0F).
Unicode Definition: An equilateral yellow or amber triangle with a bold black exclamation point centered inside.
Context & Expression: Indicates caution, potential hazard, urgent notice, critical heads-up, or alert.
Context Tip: Pairing Warning (⚠️) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Ubiquitous in technical documentation, production incident alerts, and breaking news notifications.
Combine ⚠️ with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Warning emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Database read replicas are experiencing elevated latency spikes ⚠️ Investigating now.
Holding off on batch migrations until latency stabilizes ⚠️ thanks for the alert
Traffic re-routed, latency returning to baseline.
Apple shows a rich amber-yellow triangle with thick black border and rounded vertices; Google features a bright flat yellow hazard sign; Microsoft uses a sharp outlined triangle.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | ⚠️ | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | ⚠️ | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | ⚠️ | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | ⚠️ | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | ⚠️ | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | ⚠️ |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Warning |
| Unicode Code Point | U+26A0 U+FE0F |
| HTML Decimal Entity | ⚠️ |
| HTML Hex Entity | ⚠️ |
| CSS Escape Code | \0026A0\00FE0F |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{26A0}\u{FE0F} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9A A0 EF B8 8F |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :warning: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Symbols (warning) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Indicates caution, potential hazard, urgent notice, critical heads-up, or alert. It belongs to the Symbols category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Ubiquitous in technical documentation, production incident alerts, and breaking news notifications.
Click the "Copy Emoji (⚠️)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+26A0 U+FE0F (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use ⚠️ or ⚠️; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\0026A0\00FE0F"; in JavaScript use "\u{26A0}\u{FE0F}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :warning:.
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