U+203C "‼" Double Exclamation Mark Unicode Character
U+203C "‼" Double Exclamation Mark is a typographic symbol consisting of two vertical exclamation points placed side by side, commonly used to convey strong emphasis, surprise, urgency, or heightened emotion in digital text and written communication. It is categorized under the General Punctuation block and has been part of the Unicode standard since version 1.1, with a codepoint derived from earlier encoding standards like JIS X 0208. Unlike a standard doubled exclamation mark typed as two separate characters, this glyph is a single character intended for use in contexts where space or formatting is limited, such as in East Asian scripts like Japanese and Chinese, where it frequently appears in manga, informal writing, and online messaging to amplify tone. The character is distinct from the similar-looking but less common "interrobang" or other punctuation ligatures, and it is widely supported across modern fonts and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+203C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Double Exclamation Mark |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ‼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ‼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x80 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x203C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000203C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u203c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Nonstarter |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Sentence Terminal | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | STerm |
| Emoji | Yes |
| Extended Pictographic | Yes |