Exclamation question mark emoji meaning

The exclamation question mark emoji shows both an exclamation point and a question mark together. It is used to express strong emotions like surprise, disbelief, or confusion, often with a sense of urgency or importance. This emoji is a quick way to replace typing out punctuation like an exclamation point followed by a question mark. It helps show that someone is both asking a question and reacting strongly at the same time, making it useful when reacting to unexpected or astonishing situations.

The exclamation question mark emoji was approved in Unicode 3.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026