What 💢 means
From Japanese manga, around the 1960s and 70s. Artists drew crossed, bulging veins on an angry character's temple as shorthand for blood rushing to the head. Later the mark floated free onto hair or even objects and became a standalone anger mark, mostly in comic scenes. One Japanese name for it is 怒りマーク, "anger mark"; in English it is often called the anger vein.
Cartoonish and casual — closer to an exasperated eye-roll than a warning glare.
In a sincere argument it can read as mocking; say it in words.
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
2Suggested pairing: comic fury turned up and meant more seriously.
Suggested stack: exasperation boiling over; tone still depends on context.
Worth knowing
- 💢 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Does 💢 mean they're really mad at me?
Probably not very. Alone it's performative steam-blowing; with 😡 or 🤬 beside it, take the irritation seriously.
How to type 💢
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “anger symbol”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “anger symbol”.
Chat apps
:anger:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
💢Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
💢
HTML hex
💢
CSS content
content: "\1F4A2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%92%A2
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.