Thick exclamation mark symbol
The thick exclamation point symbol ( ❗ ) is used as a prominent symbol with the exclamation point warning features .
Origin, meaning and application
The coded thick exclamation mark symbol has its origin in Japanese teletext . There it is a traffic sign and means "obstacles on the road". It has been part of Unicode 5.2 since October 1, 2009. Since the form may be determined by a standard, it could not be combined with one of Hermann Zapf's exclamation mark ornaments .
The thick exclamation mark symbol is the hazard pictogram GHS07 of the globally harmonized system for the classification and labeling of chemicals .
Representation in computer systems
In the international character coding system Unicode , "❗" is in position:
- U + 2757 ❗ Heavy exclamation mark symbol (HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL)
Replacement
The exclamation mark or one of the two exclamation mark ornaments from the Unicode block Dingbats serves as a substitute .
Similar characters
- U + 0021! Exclamation mark (EXCLAMATION MARK)
- U + 2762 ❢ Heavy exclamation mark ornament (HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT)
- U + 2763 ❣ Heavy heart-shaped exclamation mark ornament (HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT)
Web links
- [1] - Explanation of the character in the DecodeUnicode project