police car light
Unicode: 1F6A8
Description
An emoji displaying a siren, typically red or blue, often with a flashing light, used to indicate an emergency, alarm, or a critical situation.
Group:
Travel & Places > transport-ground
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents urgency, warning, emergency, alarm, danger, or a critical alert. Can also be used to signify excitement or something attention-grabbing.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Sirens have long been used globally as audible warning devices, and this emoji visually represents that concept for digital communication conveying urgency or an alarm.
Usage Examples
- Warning: 'Emergency alert! Evacuate now! 🚨'
- Importance: 'Breaking news! Don't miss this! 🚨'
- Excitement: 'This party is going to be epic! 🚨 (slang for 'lit')'
- Trouble: 'Uh oh, I'm in trouble now! 🚨'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely understood as a warning or emergency signal, similar to a police siren. Often used to draw attention to significant news or events.
East Asian culture:
Similar meaning, but can also be used in social media to indicate something is 'lit' or 'on fire' in a metaphorical sense, implying extreme excitement or importance.