U+1F534 · emoji since 2010
The red circle is a bold dot of attention. It marks live broadcasts, record buttons, alerts, and anything in an on or active state.
It also works as a simple color marker in lists and team posts, the universal sign for live, stop, or look here.
In texting, 🔴 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🔴 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Red Circle emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the red circle emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🔴 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.