Exclamation Question Mark

Unicode
U+2049
Category
Punctuation
HTML Entity
⁉
CSS
\2049
The Exclamation Question Mark (⁉) combines an exclamation point and a question mark into a single typographical glyph. It functions similarly to the interrobang, denoting a question asked with extreme surprise, emphasis, or volume. In modern texting and social media, people use this symbol to express shock, dramatic disbelief, or an urgent inquiry.

How to Type

Windows
Win + . then search "exclamation question mark" or Alt+8265
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 2049
HTML
⁉

In Programming

While it has no syntactic function in programming languages and is strictly used within text strings, this symbol occasionally appears in digital chess notation to denote an interesting or complex move.

Tags

!? disbelief punctuation double punctuation dramatic surprise emphasis exclamation question interrobang punctuation shocked text social media punctuation surprise surprise emoji alternative

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