# 🟨 Yellow square emoji

🟨 Yellow square is an emoji in the shapes set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: card and penalty.

- Emoji: 🟨
- Unicode name: yellow square
- Code points: U+1F7E8
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :yellow_square:
- Keywords: card, penalty, square, yellow
- Page: https://emojichart.com/yellow-square-emoji

## What it means

A solid yellow square. It evokes the yellow card in soccer, a formal warning to a player, and in shared Wordle results it marks a letter that is in the word but in the wrong spot. People also use it as a colored block in emoji art.

## How to type 🟨

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “yellow square”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “yellow square”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “yellow square”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “yellow square”.
- GitHub: Type :yellow_square: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado amarillo | amarillo, cuadrado |
| Français (fr) | carré jaune | carré, forme géométrique, géométrie, jaune |
| Deutsch (de) | gelbes Quadrat | Form, gelb, gelbes Quadrat, gelbes Viereck, Quadrat, Viereck |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato giallo | colore giallo, forma, giallo, quadrato, quadrato di colore giallo |
| Português (pt) | quadrado amarelo | amarelo, quadrado |
| Nederlands (nl) | geel vierkant | geel, kaart, penalty, vierkant |
| Svenska (sv) | gul kvadrat | gul, kvadrat |
| Polski (pl) | żółty kwadrat | kwadrat, kwadratowy, żółty |
| Türkçe (tr) | sarı kare | kare, sarı |
| Русский (ru) | желтый квадрат | геометрия, желтая, желтый, карточка, квадрат, предупреждение, фигура |
| Українська (uk) | жовтий квадрат | жовтий, квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κίτρινο τετράγωνο | κίτρινο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع أصفر | أشكال, أصفر, إنذار, بطاقة, بطاقة صفراء, شكل, كارت أصفر, مربع |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע צהוב | מרובע, צהוב, ריבוע |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع زرد | چهارگوش, زرد, مربع |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पीला वर्ग | आकृति, ज्यामिति, पीला, पीला वर्गाकार, पीली, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | হলুদ বর্গক্ষেত্র | চিহ্ন, বর্গক্ষেত্র, হলুদ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi kuning | kartu, kotak, kuning, penalti, persegi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông màu vàng | hình vuông, hình vuông màu vàng, màu vàng, ô vuông |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมสีเหลือง | จัตุรัส, โทษ, ใบเหลือง, สี่เหลี่ยม, สีเหลือง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黄色い四角 | 四角, 正方形, 黄色, 黄色い四角 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 노란색 사각형 | 노란색, 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黄色方块 | 方块, 方框, 正方形, 黄, 黄色, 黄色方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黃色方形 | 方形, 黃色, 黃色方形 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): geel vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ akokͻsradeɛ
- Albanian (sq): katror i verdhë
- Amharic (am): ቢጫ አራት ማእዝን
- Armenian (hy): դեղին քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): হালধীয়া বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): sarı kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): һары квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu horia
- Belarusian (be): жоўты квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): žuti kvadrat
- Breton (br): karrez melen
- Bulgarian (bg): жълт квадрат
- Burmese (my): အဝါရောင် စတုရမ်းကွက်
- Cantonese (yue): 黃色正方形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 黄色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat groc
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黃色正方形
- Chuvash (cv): сарӑ тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): žuti kvadrat
- Czech (cs): žlutý čtvereček
- Danish (da): gult kvadrat
- Estonian (et): kollane ruut
- Faroese (fo): gulur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): dilaw na parisukat
- Finnish (fi): keltainen neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado amarelo
- Georgian (ka): ყვითელი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): પીળા રંગનું ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): rawaya murabbaʼi
- Hungarian (hu): sárga négyzet
- Icelandic (is): gulur ferningur
- Igbo (ig): sukwia odo
- Irish (ga): cearnóg bhuí
- Javanese (jv): kothak kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಹಳದಿ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): сары шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سارى شارشى
- Khmer (km): ការ៉េ​ពណ៌​លឿង
- Konkani (kok): हळदुवो चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): сары квадрат
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມ​ເຫຼືອງ
- Latvian (lv): dzeltens kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): geltonas kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): žołty styrirožk
- Macedonian (mk): жолт квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi kuning
- Malayalam (ml): മഞ്ഞ ചതുരം
- Marathi (mr): पिवळा चौकोन
- Mongolian (mn): шар дөрвөлжин
- Nepali (ne): पहेँलो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Yẹ́ló Skwea
- Norwegian (no): gult kvadrat
- Odia (or): ହଳଦିଆ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii keelloo
- Pashto (ps): زېړه مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੀਲਾ ਵਰਗ
- Quechua (qu): qillu tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat galben
- Romansh (rm): quadrat mellen
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu grogu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnach buidhe
- Serbian (sr): жути квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žuti kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇသီလိူင်
- Sindhi (sd): پيلو چورس
- Sinhala (si): කහ චතුරස්‍රය
- Slovak (sk): žltý štvorec
- Slovenian (sl): rumen kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar geeska jaalaha
- Swahili (sw): mraba wa manjano
- Tamil (ta): மஞ்சள் சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): పసుపురంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ቢጫ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā engeenga
- Turkmen (tk): sary inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žołty štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): پیلا چوکور
- Uzbek (uz): sariq kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr melyn
- Yoruba (yo): síkúwẹ́ẹ̀ yẹ́lọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): síkúwɛ́ɛ̀ yɛ́lɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): isikwele esi-yellow

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F7E8` |
| HTML | `🟨` |
| CSS | `\1F7E8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F7E8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F7E8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9F A8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DFE8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9F%A8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🟨 yellow square emoji mean?

A solid yellow square. It evokes the yellow card in soccer, a formal warning to a player, and in shared Wordle results it marks a letter that is in the word but in the wrong spot. People also use it as a colored block in emoji art.

### How do I type the 🟨 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “yellow square”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :yellow_square:.

### When was the 🟨 emoji added?

🟨 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🟨?

U+1F7E8. In HTML you can write 🟨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F7E8}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/yellow-square-emoji