Yellow square emoji 🟨
Emoji 12.0 (2019) · U+1F7E8
What 🟨 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Yellow square 🟨 is tagged with these keywords: card, penalty, square, yellow.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing card or penalty in the emoji search brings up 🟨.
Yellow square 🟨 is one of 34 emoji in the shapes subgroup of symbols (224 emoji), next to 🟩 🟦 🟪 🟫.
Will 🟨 show on my friend's phone?
🟨 was added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🟨
Any emoji picker finds 🟨 when you search for yellow square.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type yellow square.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type yellow square in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type yellow square.
Codes for developers
Yellow square 🟨 is a single code point, U+1F7E8. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F7E8 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🟨 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🟨 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F7E8"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F7E8} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%9F%A8 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9F A8 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🟨 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | yellow square |
| Português | quadrado amarelo |
| Español | cuadrado amarillo |
| Italiano | quadrato giallo |
| Français | carré jaune |
| Deutsch | gelbes Quadrat |
| Türkçe | sarı kare |
| Bahasa Indonesia | persegi kuning |
| Polski | żółty kwadrat |
| Русский | желтый квадрат |
| 日本語 | 黄色い四角 |
| 한국어 | 노란색 사각형 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the yellow square emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🟨 "yellow square" and links it with card, penalty, square, yellow. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the shapes subgroup of symbols.
When was the yellow square emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
How do I type the yellow square emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🟨 when you search for yellow square.