The red question mark is your instant “wait, what?” button—equal parts curiosity, confusion, and dramatic plot twist energy. Drop one for a gentle ask, stack three for full soap-opera disbelief, or pair it with a red exclamation for that classic “?!” vibe. It shows up under hot takes as a minimalist challenge, in DMs as flirty punctuation ("you up❓"), and in memes as the textual equivalent of a tilted head.
On Apple devices, it’s a glossy, candy-apple red question mark: thick, rounded strokes, a shiny gradient along the upper curve, and a neat circular dot, all standing upright and centered with a subtle depth that pops against chat bubbles. No face, no box—just a bold, super-legible symbol that reads from a mile away. The instantly recognizable silhouette—hooked curve with a bulbous dot—makes it perfect for quick “Explain yourself” replies without typing a word.
Culturally, it channels everything from comic-book riddles (hi, Riddler—yours is green, we know) to video-game quest markers and “NPC confused” memes hovering over someone’s head. It also moonlights for FAQs, polls, and AMA posts, and it can land sarcastically when a statement needs a reality check. Bonus trivia for the punctuation nerds: Spanish flips the vibe with an opening “¿” at the start—but the bright red emoji stays the universal eyebrow raise.
Definition
The question mark in epic red returns! I'm just happy Apple didn't get rid of their epic punctuation marks. This emoji code is new, however the picture is not.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
451 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:question:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Question Mark Ornament Question Mark
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Names & Annotations
BLACK QUESTION MARK ORNAMENT
Symbol Information
U+2753 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B09
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[？]
KDDI
#3 ？ U+E483 SJIS-F65B JIS-753C
Softbank
#44 #old32 はてなマーク 「hatenamaaku」 U+E020 SJIS-F960
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
❓
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
❓
Decimal HTML Entity
❓
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
❓
Hex Code Point(s)
2753
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2753
Decimal Code Point(s)
10067
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9D 0x93
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9D 93
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 235 223
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2753
UTF-16 Hex
2753
UTF-16 Dec
10067
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002753
UTF-32 Hex
2753
UTF-32 Dec
10067
Python Src
u"\u2753"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9d\x93"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2753"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
