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Double Exclamation Mark

Unicode
U+203C
Category
Punctuation
HTML Entity
‼
CSS
\203C
The Double Exclamation Mark symbol (‼) features two standard exclamation points condensed into a single typographic character. Originally included in Unicode for compatibility with traditional Asian vertical text layouts to save space, it is now widely used across messaging apps and social media to express intense shock, urgency, or excitement. While frequently rendered as a bold, red emoji on modern mobile devices, it functions at its core as a highly emphatic punctuation mark.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+8252 or Win+. then search
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search
Linux
Compose + ! + !
HTML
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In Programming

In mathematics, a double exclamation mark denotes a double factorial, while in languages like JavaScript, it is used to coerce a value into a strict boolean. However, developers and mathematicians type two separate ASCII exclamation points (!!) rather than using this single Unicode character.

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Tags

!! symbol alert bold statement double bang double exclamation emphasis emphasis mark excitement exclamation exclamation punctuation shock social media punctuation texting emphasis urgent urgent message

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