A red circle with a diagonal line, indicating something is prohibited or not allowed.
The 🈲 emoji, known as the 'prohibited' or 'no entry' symbol, features a bold red circle with a white diagonal slash. It originates from standard international signage used to indicate that something is forbidden, restricted, or not permitted. This emoji is commonly used in digital communication to convey that a particular action, topic, or behavior is off-limits or discouraged. For example, it might be used in messages about rules (e.g., 'No smoking 🈲'), content warnings, or to humorously reject suggestions. While its core meaning remains consistent across platforms—signifying prohibition—the visual design may slightly vary between Apple, Google, and Twitter. On Apple devices, it closely resembles traditional no-entry signs; Google presents it with a clean, modern look; and Twitter renders it with bold lines for clarity. Despite these stylistic differences, users universally understand it as a symbol of restriction or denial.
Emoji are pictographic symbols originating from Japan that have become a universal digital language. They can be used across various platforms and applications to express emotions, objects, activities, and concepts. The Unicode standard defines thousands of emoji and continues to expand.
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