Warning Emoji
Copy ⚠️ with one click, or read what it means and how to type it below.
What does ⚠️ mean?
A black exclamation mark in a yellow triangle. Caution.
⚠️ is the warning emoji. It belongs to the Symbols group, in the warning set, and was approved as part of Emoji 0.6.
People also search for it as caution.
How to use ⚠️
Used for genuine warnings in documentation and safety notices, and to flag important information in posts.
Click the copy button above to put ⚠️ on your clipboard, then paste it anywhere Unicode is supported — WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Slack, email, or a document. On Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :warning: directly.
Good to know
Renders as plain black-and-white text in some contexts unless followed by a variation selector — one of the most common emoji rendering bugs on the web.
Technical details
| Name | Warning |
|---|---|
| Character | ⚠️ |
| Codepoint | U+26A0 U+FE0F |
| HTML entity | ⚠️ |
| CSS code | \26A0\FE0F |
| Shortcode | :warning: |
| Category | Symbols |
| Subgroup | warning |
| Emoji version | Emoji 0.6 |
| Keywords | caution |