Emoji 12
red square
Also known as card, penalty, red, square
A solid red square, often used to represent the color red, a red penalty card, or as a decorative marker.
Meaning
The red square emoji shows a plain square filled entirely with red. It is commonly used as a color swatch, a decorative bullet or divider, or to reference red cards in sports like soccer. It can also signal 'stop,' errors, or emphasis in informal messaging.
Unicode name
Officially named 'red square,' this character is one of several colored square shapes added in Unicode 12.0 to complete the geometric color set.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple shows a flat, solid red square with slightly rounded corners filling nearly the entire emoji frame.
Google
Google Noto shows a flat red square with softly rounded corners, rendered in a bright red tone.
Twitter
Twitter Twemoji shows a simple flat red square with slightly rounded corners in a vivid red shade.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does 🟥 red square belong to?
🟥 red square belongs to the symbols category, which contains 224 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🟥 red square?
🟥 red square was added in Emoji 12. Its codepoint is U+1F7E5, made up of 1 code points.
