🚨 is the emoji for “attention, now”. Copy it here with the other alert symbols.
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What the siren emoji means
🚨 (police car light) is the emoji for “attention, now”: breaking news, an urgent announcement, a red alert, “🚨 spoilers”. It is the loudest of the alert symbols and often opens a post. ⚠️ is the calmer warning sign, ⏰ the alarm clock, 🔔 the notification bell and 📢 the loudspeaker. There is no dedicated “alarm” or “alert” emoji beyond these.
Urgent attention: breaking news, an alert or a warning. Its Unicode name is police car light.
Is there an alarm emoji?
⏰ alarm clock for time alarms, 🚨 for emergency-style alerts.
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