What does 🔴 Red Circle mean?
A solid red circle. It is the universal “live” or “recording” dot, so streamers put it before the word LIVE when they go on air. It also flags urgent items, unread alerts, stop or danger in a traffic-light code, and the red option in a poll. In colour-coded lists it usually means high priority or not done yet, and sports fans use it for teams that play in red.
🔴 Red Circle is an emoji from the Symbols category (geometric shapes), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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🔴 Red Circle on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Red Circle looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Red Circle emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🔴 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :red_circle:.
When was the Red Circle emoji added?
🔴 Red Circle was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🔴 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Red Circle. The underlying code (U+1F534) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.