Warning emoji meaning

The warning emoji is designed as a yellow triangle with a bold black exclamation mark in the middle. It is similar to real-life caution signs often seen in places where safety or alertness is required. In digital communication, this emoji is a visual way to express caution or highlight something important that needs attention. It is often used to draw focus to potential risks, give a heads-up about a situation, or emphasize that critical information is being shared. It is recognized across different contexts as a symbol of alertness and care.

The warning emoji is also known as Attention Emoji, Alert Emoji.

The warning emoji was approved in Unicode 4.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026